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Stuyvesant Falls, New York

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Stuyvesant town. It lies in ZIP code area 12174. The Survey maps it on the Stottville quadrangle.

Stuyvesant Falls within Columbia County

Then and now

1903 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 83 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 Falls, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Stuyvesant Falls, surveyed 1903

On record in Stuyvesant Falls

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

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 21 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

133 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 133 fires within 5 miles of Stuyvesant Falls between 1992 and 2020, burning about 170 acres in total. 18 started naturally. 14 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/undetermined52
Debris and open burning27
Natural18
Arson/incendiarism14
Equipment and vehicle use6
Recreation and ceremony6
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Smoking3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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 2014Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
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 2002Missing 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
19 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
15 September 2010Equipment and vehicle useunder 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

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Stuyvesant Falls: 3 producers, 3 past producers. 3 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
Cox Sackie Limestone QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Cox Sackie Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Cox Sackie Clay PitClayProducer
Cox Sackie Clay PitClayPast Producer
Stuyvesant Clay PitClayProducer
Stuyvesant Clay PitClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Columbia County

Storms near this place

11 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Stuyvesant Falls in 11 storm reports between 2004 and 2024: 10 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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
June 2024Thunderstorm WindStuyvesant Falls-Multiple trees and wires were downed along Rybka Road.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindStuyvesant Falls-Trees and wires were downed along Route 9.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindStuyvesant Falls-Multiple trees were downed on Rabbit Lane.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindStuyvesant Falls-Tree limbs were downed on Route 9H near Stuyvesant Falls.
May 2020Thunderstorm WindStuyvesant Falls-A tree was downed with power lines on a house on County Route 25.
August 2018Thunderstorm WindStuyvesant Falls-Trees and wires were downed.
May 2013HailStuyvesant Falls-Amateur radio reported quarter size hail fell from a thunderstorm in Stuyvesant Falls.
September 2012Thunderstorm WindStuyvesant Falls-Numerous branches were reported down due to thunderstorm winds in Stuyvesant Falls.
May 2008Thunderstorm WindStuyvesant Falls-Trees were reported down in Stuyvesant Falls as a result of strong thunderstorm winds.
July 2005Thunderstorm WindStuyvesant Falls-Trees down
June 2004Thunderstorm WindStuyvesant Falls-Trees down.

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
Sunnyside1.6 miles21
Rossman1.8 miles21
Newton Hook2.7 miles25
Columbiaville2.8 miles25
West Ghent3.0 miles21
Stockport3.3 miles21
Kinderhook3.3 miles21
Omi3.4 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 966673. 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.