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Stuyvesant, New York

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Stuyvesant town. It lies in ZIP code area 12173. It stands on Stuyvesant Brook. The Survey maps it on the Ravena quadrangle.

Stuyvesant within Columbia County

Then and now

1893 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 93 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Stuyvesant, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Stuyvesant, surveyed 1893

On record in Stuyvesant

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 5 records

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 25 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

153 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 153 fires within 5 miles of Stuyvesant between 1992 and 2020, burning about 131 acres in total. 12 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/undetermined67
Debris and open burning23
Arson/incendiarism17
Natural12
Equipment and vehicle use11
Recreation and ceremony9
Railroad operations and maintenance6
Smoking5
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
8 September 2010Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2012Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
29 September 2012Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
21 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
20 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
31 August 2016Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Columbia County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Stuyvesant: 6 producers, 5 past producers. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, 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
Climax West Limestone QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Climax West Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Cox Sackie Limestone QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Cox Sackie Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
New Baltimore Limestone QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
New Baltimore Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Cox Sackie Clay PitClayProducer
Cox Sackie Clay PitClayPast Producer
Route 81 Shale PitClayProducer
Stuyvesant Clay PitClayProducer

Every working recorded in Columbia County

Storms near this place

30 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Stuyvesant in 30 storm reports between 1994 and 2023: 19 thunderstorm wind, 4 flash flood, 3 hail, 2 tornado. 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
July 2009Flash FloodStuyvesant$4,500,000Training thunderstorms produced excessive rainfall, and major flash flooding across northern and central portions of Columbia County during Wednesday afternoon and night. The heavy rainfall also led to Kinderhook Creek overflowing its banks.||Numerous roadways were closed due to flooding, which included, but were not limited to, Route 28, Route 13 near Albany Turnpike, Route 295 near Schillings Crossing Road, Hennett Road, McCagg Road, Gun Road, and Novak Road in Chatham, Route 9H near Fischer Road, East Shore Drive, and State Route 203 near Chapel Drive in Kinderhook, State Route 20 near the Speedway in New Lebanon, and Route 9J in Stuyvesant. Novak Road in Kinderhook and Reed Road in Ghent were reportedly washed out.||Numerous campers were stranded in water and mud within the parking area and adjacent camping area at Lebanon Valley Speedway in New Lebanon.||In addition, in Red Rock, County Route 5 at County Route 24 was closed due to a mudslide, and in Hollowville, County Route 16 was also closed due to a mudslide.||The severe flooding also led to the declaration of a state of emergency for the towns of Stuyvesant, Kinderhook, and New Lebanon.||Preliminary damage estimates in Columbia County from the flash flooding were in excess of $4 million.
July 2003Tornado (F0)Stuyvesant$10,000no account filed
May 1998Thunderstorm WindStuyvesant$6,000no account filed
July 2003Tornado (F0)Stuyvesant$5,000no account filed
July 1994Thunderstorm WindStuyvesant$5,000no account filed
May 1998HailStuyvesant$4,000no account filed
September 1998Thunderstorm WindStuyvesant$1,000no account filed
July 2023Thunderstorm WindStuyvesant-A tree was downed along Route 9J in Stuyvesant.
September 2023Thunderstorm WindStuyvesant-Trees and wires were down in multiple locations in the Town of Stuyvesant.
March 2022Thunderstorm WindStuyvesant-A downed tree was reported on Sharptown Rd.
March 2022Thunderstorm WindStuyvesant-Utility pole and power lines were reported down.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindStuyvesant-A tree was reported down on the road.
September 2021FloodStuyvesant-Sheriff reported some minor flooding on State Route 9J.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindStuyvesant-A road was closed due to a downed tree near Highway 9J and CR26A.
October 2020Thunderstorm WindStuyvesant-A tree and wires were downed.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindStuyvesant-Trees were downed in the Stuyvesant area, some onto roads.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindStuyvesant-A tree was downed on Route 9J near Gibbons Road.
May 2015Thunderstorm WindStuyvesant-A tree limb and power line were reported down on State Route 9J in Stuyvesant due to thunderstorm winds.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindStuyvesant-A tree was reported down in Stuyvesant due to thunderstorm winds.
September 2013Flash FloodStuyvesant-Flash flooding and a mudslide occurred on Route 9J, just south of the intersection with Route 26A, in Stuyvesant, as a result of heavy rain.
October 2013Thunderstorm WindStuyvesant-Trees and wires were reported down on Sharptown Road in Stuyvesant as a result of thunderstorm winds.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindStuyvesant-Wires were reported down in Stuyvesant due to strong thunderstorm winds.
May 2011Flash FloodStuyvesant-One lane of Route 9J was reported closed due to flooding and debris in the road just south of Stuyvesant. The nearby railroad tracks were also reported flooded.
August 2011HailStuyvesant-Quarter size hail was reported during a thunderstorm in Stuyvesant.
May 2010Thunderstorm WindStuyvesant-Trees were reported down in Stuyvesant due to strong thunderstorm winds.
July 2009FloodStuyvesant-Flooding from previous heavy rainfall continued from Wednesday night into Friday morning. Numerous roadways remained closed, and many basements were pumped out during this time.||As a result of the flooding, Amtrak train service was suspended early Thursday morning on July 30th between the Rensselaer Rail Station and Penn Station, in order for track and signal systems to be examined for flood damage in Hudson. The rail service resumed by early Thursday afternoon.
July 2009Flash FloodStuyvesant-Training thunderstorms produced very heavy rainfall across northern Columbia County. A large section of Route 9J near Stuyvesant was closed due to flash flooding from this intense rainfall.
February 2006Thunderstorm WindStuyvesant-A trained spotter estimated wind gusts to 65 miles an hour during a thunderstorm in Stuyvesant.
June 2006Thunderstorm WindStuyvesant-Fire Department personnel in Stuyvesant report that 5 trees were blown down.
May 2001HailStuyvesant-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Columbia 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
Newton Hook2.5 miles25
Sunnyside2.8 miles21
Poolsburg3.2 miles25
Stuyvesant Falls3.6 miles21
Kinderhook4.4 miles21
Rossman4.5 miles21
Columbiaville5.2 miles25
Dwarf Orchard Park5.2 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 966671. 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.