Stephentown, New York
38 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 12168. It stands on West Brook. The Survey maps it on the Hancock 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
21 surveys from 38 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
- 1944 USGS Hancock quadrangle1:31680
- 1944 USGS Hancock quadrangle1:24000
- 1948 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Hancock quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Hancock quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Hancock quadrangle1:24000
- 1973 USGS Hancock quadrangle1:25000, 2 printings
- 1975 USGS Hancock quadrangle1:25000
- 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
105 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 105 fires within 5 miles of Stephentown between 1995 and 2020, burning about 152 acres in total. 13 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 | 59 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 17 |
| Natural | 13 |
| Debris and open burning | 10 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
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 |
| 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 |
| 4 July 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
19 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Stephentown in 19 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 11 thunderstorm wind, 7 hail, 1 flash 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stephentown | $30,000 | no account filed |
| June 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stephentown | $29,000 | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stephentown | $20,000 | A cold front produced scattered thunderstorms on the afternoon of May 12. One of the storms became briefly severe as it moved across Stephentown in Rensselaer County. Winds from the storm brought wires down and blew a chimney off a house. |
| August 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stephentown | $20,000 | no account filed |
| August 2000 | Hail | Stephentown | $5,000 | no account filed |
| October 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stephentown | $5,000 | no account filed |
| July 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stephentown | $5,000 | no account filed |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stephentown | - | A tree was downed across the road at Route 22 and Provost Rd near Stephentown. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stephentown | - | A large tree split in half along Route 22 between Provost Road and Knapps Road in the Town of Stephentown. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | North Stephentown | - | A tree was downed on West Road at Route 22. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stephentown | - | Power lines were downed on Route 43 in Stephentown due to thunderstorm winds. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stephentown | - | Trees and wires were reported down in Stephentown due to strong thunderstorm winds. |
| July 2009 | Flash Flood | Stephentown | - | The intersection of Routes 22 and 43 in Stephentown was closed due to high water from very heavy rainfall. A service station at the intersection had 4 to 6 inches of standing water inside. |
| August 2019 | Hail | North Stephentown | - | no account filed |
| August 2004 | Hail | Stephentown | - | no account filed |
| August 2000 | Hail | Stephentown | - | no account filed |
| August 2000 | Hail | Stephentown | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Stephentown | - | no account filed |
| May 1993 | Hail | Stephentown | - | no account filed |
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 | 1.2 miles | 36 | |
| Stephentown Center | 2.2 miles | 36 | |
| Wyomanock | 2.3 miles | 38 | |
| North Stephentown | 3.3 miles | 38 | |
| Cherryplain | 5.6 miles | 40 | |
| West Stephentown | 5.6 miles | 36 | |
| Dunham Hollow | 6.4 miles | 36 | |
| Hoag Corners | 7.3 miles | 30 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 966355. 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.
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.




















