Stephentown Center, New York
36 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1998. It stands in Stephentown town. It lies in ZIP code area 12169. The Survey maps it on the Stephentown Center quadrangle.
Then and now
1888 to 1998The same ground, surveyed 110 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1888 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
17 surveys from 36 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1888 USGS Berlin quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1890 USGS Berlin quadrangle1:62500
- 1894 USGS Berlin quadrangle1:62500
- 1898 USGS Berlin quadrangle1:62500, 10 printings
- 1900 USGS Taconic quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1945 USGS Stephentown Center quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1947 USGS Stephentown Center quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Stephentown Center quadrangle1:25000
- 1956 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Albany quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Stephentown Center quadrangle1:25000
- 1989 USGS Albany quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1998 USGS Stephentown Center quadrangle1:25000
Fires near this place
119 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 119 fires within 5 miles of Stephentown Center between 1995 and 2020, burning about 154 acres in total. 17 started naturally. 17 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/undetermined | 60 |
| Natural | 17 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 17 |
| Debris and open burning | 16 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 11 September 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 27 August 2018 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 26 August 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.5 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 25 August 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 24 August 2018 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 2 August 2018 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 4 July 2016 | Smoking | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Stephentown Center: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alps Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
6 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Stephentown Center in 6 storm reports between 2009 and 2023: 5 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stephentown Center | - | Route 22 was closed between Route 43 and Wyomanock Road due to downed trees and wires in the roadway. |
| September 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stephentown Center | - | Route 22 was closed between Route 43 and Wyomanock Road due to downed trees and wires. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stephentown Center | - | Wires were down on Route 43 at Newton Road. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stephentown Center | - | Trees and wires were reported down in Stephentown due to thunderstorm winds. |
| May 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stephentown Center | - | Several trees were reported down near Stephentown due to strong thunderstorm winds. One tree was blocking a road. |
| July 2009 | Flood | Stephentown Center | - | Flooding from antecedent heavy rainfall continued from Wednesday night into early Friday morning. Numerous roadways remained closed, and many basement pumpouts occurred during this time. |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Garfield | 1.9 miles | 36 | |
| Stephentown | 2.2 miles | 38 | |
| North Stephentown | 3.1 miles | 38 | |
| West Stephentown | 3.4 miles | 36 | |
| Dunham Hollow | 4.2 miles | 36 | |
| Wyomanock | 4.2 miles | 38 | |
| Cherryplain | 5.2 miles | 40 | |
| Hoag Corners | 5.4 miles | 30 |
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 Q122568643 | The 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 966356. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.
















