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Southwest Hoosick, New York

29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Hoosick town. It lies in ZIP code area 12090. The Survey maps it on the Grafton quadrangle.

Southwest Hoosick within Rensselaer County

Then and now

1897 to 1989

The same ground, surveyed 92 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Southwest Hoosick, surveyed 1989
Topographic sheet of Southwest Hoosick, surveyed 1897

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 29 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Fires near this place

121 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 121 fires within 5 miles of Southwest Hoosick between 1995 and 2020, burning about 267 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 25 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Missing data/not specified/undetermined57
Arson/incendiarism25
Debris and open burning16
Natural7
Equipment and vehicle use7
Smoking3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Recreation and ceremony2

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
4 September 2019Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
22 September 2009Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
17 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
1 September 2006Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
23 August 2004Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
21 August 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
21 August 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Rensselaer County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Southwest Hoosick: 3 producers, 2 past producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Bissonnette Gravel BankSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Hoosick Falls Limestone QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Hoosick Falls Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Hoosick Falls Clay PitClayProducer
Hoosick Falls Clay PitClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Rensselaer County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Potter Hill2.0 miles29
West Hoosick2.1 miles29
Hoosick Falls3.3 miles30
Boyntonville3.4 miles29
East Pittstown3.7 miles29
Hoosick4.0 miles29
Hoosick Junction4.1 miles30
Babcock Lake4.2 miles29

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q122553608The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 965923. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.