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Tamarack, New York

28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Brunswick town. It lies in ZIP code area 12180. The Survey maps it on the Tomhannock quadrangle.

Tamarack within Rensselaer 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 Tamarack, surveyed 1989
Topographic sheet of Tamarack, surveyed 1893

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 28 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

227 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 227 fires within 5 miles of Tamarack between 1993 and 2020, burning about 235 acres in total. 14 started naturally. 18 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/undetermined111
Debris and open burning39
Equipment and vehicle use19
Arson/incendiarism18
Smoking16
Natural14
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Recreation and ceremony2

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
9 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
3 September 2008Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
27 September 2017Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
26 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
25 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
25 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
24 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
24 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Rensselaer County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Tamarack: 6 producers, 3 past producers. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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
Campbell Mountain QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Campbell Mountain Quarry and MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Quackenkill Sandstone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducerSedimentary
Quackenkill Sandstone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Eagle Mills PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Eagle Mills PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Fanes PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Route 66 PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Valente Gravel Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Rensselaer 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
Quackenkill1.3 miles28
Cropseyville1.8 miles30
Haynersville1.9 miles28
Clums Corner2.1 miles28
Brunswick2.7 miles30
Raymertown2.9 miles28
Brunswick Center4.0 miles28
Eagle Mills4.3 miles30

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 973139. 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.