Unionville, New York
31 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1989. It stands in New Scotland town. It lies in ZIP code area 12054. It lies near Stony Hill. The Survey maps it on the Clarksville quadrangle.
Then and now
1893 to 1989The 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 sheets covering this place
14 surveys from 31 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.
- 1893 USGS Albany quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1895 USGS Albany quadrangle1:62500
- 1898 USGS Albany quadrangle1:62500, 8 printings
- 1927 USGS Albany quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1947 USGS Albany quadrangle1:62500
- 1948 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Albany quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Clarksville quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Albany quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Albany quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
236 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 236 fires within 5 miles of Unionville between 2000 and 2020, burning about 190 acres in total. 26 started naturally. 26 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 | 131 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 26 |
| Natural | 26 |
| Debris and open burning | 19 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 7 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 8 September 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 30 September 2018 | Smoking | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 30 September 2007 | Smoking | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 26 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 2 September 2018 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.1 acres | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 2 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 16 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected near this place
12 of 7,859 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 7,859 specimens collected within 10 miles of Unionville between 1760 and 1975: 4,422 Fungi, 2,490 Animalia, 752 Plantae, 86 Protozoa, 63 Chromista, 44 Unrecorded, 2 Bacteria. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A C. Frederick, A C. Frederick, A C. Frederick, A. A. Heller and others. Each is a physical object with a catalogue number, and each entry opens the museum's record. This is what was collected and kept, not a survey of what lives here - nothing can be concluded from a species being absent.
| Image | Species | Year | Collected by | Where, as recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Cephalozia media Lindb. | 1898 | Charles H. Peck | near Albany |
![]() | Coniothyrium Corda, 1840 | 1899 | not recorded | |
![]() | Puccinia areolata Dietel & Holw. | 1900 | Aven Nelson | Telephone mines |
![]() | Hemaris thysbe Fabricius, 1775 | 1760 | W.W. Hill | |
![]() | Monotropa procera Torr. | 1817 | E. James | Near Albany |
![]() | Utricularia gibba L. | 1828 | J. Hall | Greenbush |
![]() | Peziza acetabulum L. | 1829 | H.H. Eaton | Albany |
![]() | Anaphalis margaritacea (L.) Benth. | 1830 | J. Torrey | Circa Albany |
![]() | Bidens tripartita L. | 1830 | Collector unspecified | Albany |
![]() | Spiranthes lacera (Raf.) Raf. | 1834 | Herb. (Jas.) Macnab | Albany |
![]() | Poa cuspidata Nutt. | 1837 | A. Clapp | N. Albany. |
![]() | Stylosanthes Sw. | 1837 | Clapp, A. | New Albany. |
All 7,859 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Unionville: 5 producers, 2 past producers, 1 occurrence. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Sulfur. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Salem Deposit | Sulfur | Occurrence | ||
| James H. Malloy, Inc. | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| James H. Maloy Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Rupert Road Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Rupert Road Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Rupert Road Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Starr Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Town of Bethlehem,Rupert Road Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Unionville in 3 storm reports between 2017 and 2022: 3 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Unionville | $3,000 | Route 443 between Meads Lane and Bethlehem town line was closed due to downed trees and wires. |
| August 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Unionville | - | Trees were downed on Route 308 and Orchard Hill Road in the Town of New Scotland. |
| March 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Unionville | - | A tree was reported down at the intersection of New Scotland South Road and Orchard Hill Road due to thunderstorm winds. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stony Hill | 1.1 miles | 31 | |
| Feura Bush | 1.7 miles | 31 | |
| Slingerlands | 2.3 miles | 32 | |
| New Scotland | 2.3 miles | 30 | |
| Houcks Corners | 2.9 miles | 33 | |
| Delmar | 3.3 miles | 33 | |
| Elsmere | 4.0 miles | 33 | |
| South Albany | 4.1 miles | 33 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 968236. 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.
Specimens. Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), https://www.gbif.org/. Only records licensed CC0 or CC BY are used. Records licensed CC BY-NC are excluded because this site carries advertising. Images are checked individually and any whose licence is non-commercial, no-derivatives or unreadable is refused.
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.

























