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Stillwater, New York

30 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Stillwater town. It lies in ZIP code area 12170. It stands on Schuyler Creek. The Survey maps it on the Mechanicville quadrangle. 1,754 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 92 feet above sea level.

Stillwater within Saratoga County

Then and now

1893 to 1989

The same ground, surveyed 96 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Stillwater, surveyed 1989
Topographic sheet of Stillwater, surveyed 1893

On record in Stillwater

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 1 record

Population over time

3 figures

Stillwater grew from 1,644 to 1,754 between 2000 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
20001,644
20101,738+94 (+6%)
20201,754+16 (+1%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 30 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

241 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 241 fires within 5 miles of Stillwater between 1993 and 2020, burning about 205 acres in total. 22 started naturally. 30 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/undetermined137
Arson/incendiarism30
Debris and open burning23
Natural22
Smoking10
Equipment and vehicle use8
Recreation and ceremony5
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Other causes2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
5 September 2002Other causesunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
25 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
23 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
22 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
17 September 2017Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
15 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
12 September 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 Saratoga County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Stillwater: 5 past producers, 5 producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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
Hemstreet Park Clay PitClayProducer
Hemstreet Park Clay PitClayPast Producer
Mechcanicville Clay PitClayProducer
Burrello PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Collins PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Collins PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
G. Fannucci PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Willow Glen PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Willow Glen PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Willow Glen Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Saratoga County

Storms near this place

31 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Stillwater in 31 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 18 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 2 flash flood, 2 heavy rain. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2003Flash FloodStillwater$50,000no account filed
June 2000Thunderstorm WindStillwater$42,000no account filed
January 1999Flash FloodStillwater$40,000no account filed
July 2001Heavy RainStillwater$25,000no account filed
August 2001Thunderstorm WindStillwater$21,000no account filed
July 2002Thunderstorm WindStillwater$10,000no account filed
August 2002Thunderstorm WindStillwater$10,000no account filed
July 1997Thunderstorm WindStillwater$10,000no account filed
May 2001Thunderstorm WindStillwater$9,000no account filed
June 1996Thunderstorm WindStillwater$6,000no account filed
July 2002Thunderstorm WindStillwater$5,000no account filed
July 1994Thunderstorm WindStillwater$5,000no account filed
June 1996Thunderstorm WindStillwater$4,000no account filed
September 1998Thunderstorm WindStillwater$2,000no account filed
June 2025FloodStillwater-The Department of Highways reported flooding on US Route 4 going both directions near Mitchell Road in Mechanicville via NY Alert. Southbound lanes were closed, while northbound lanes remained open.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindStillwater-A local 911 call center reported a tree down on wires near Stillwater.
August 2017Thunderstorm WindStillwater-Four trees were downed on Route 75, Hudson Avenue, Flick Road and Ten Broeck Street.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindStillwater-Power lines were reported down in Stillwater as a result of thunderstorm winds.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindStillwater-A tree was reported down and on wires as a result of thunderstorm winds in Stillwater.
September 2011FloodStillwater-Route 4 in Stillwater was closed due to flooding between Route 32 and Gen Schuyler Lane.
August 2009Thunderstorm WindStillwater-A tree was reported down due to strong thunderstorm winds and partially covered a roadway approximately 4 miles north northeast of Mechanicville.
November 2008Heavy RainStillwater-A brief period of heavy rain led to significant ponding of water on a road in Stillwater.
June 2007HailStillwater-Penny size hail was reported in Stillwater.
July 2007Thunderstorm WindStillwater-Trees were reported down in Stillwater at the intersection of Route 9P and County Route 76 due to strong thunderstorm winds.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindStillwater-Two trees were reported down, one in Malta, and the other in Stillwater, as a result of strong thunderstorm winds.
May 2004HailStillwater-Hail 2 to 3 inches deep on Blizzard Road.
June 2002HailStillwater-no account filed
August 2002LightningStillwater-no account filed
May 2000HailStillwater-no account filed
August 2000HailStillwater-no account filed
April 1994HailStillwater-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Saratoga 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
Hillside Colony1.2 miles30
Riviera Estates1.8 miles30
Riverside1.9 miles30
East Saratoga Junciton1.9 miles30
Stillwater Junction2.1 miles30
Bemis Heights2.5 miles30
Mechanicville3.0 miles30
John S Moore Homes3.4 miles30

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.

Wikipedia article on StillwaterAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3461402The 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 966435. 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.