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West Coxsackie, New York

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Coxsackie town. It lies in ZIP code area 12051. It lies near Coxsackie Island. The Survey maps it on the Hudson North quadrangle. It stands 131 feet above sea level.

West Coxsackie within Greene 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 West Coxsackie, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of West Coxsackie, surveyed 1893

On record in West Coxsackie

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

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

174 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 174 fires within 5 miles of West Coxsackie between 1992 and 2020, burning about 165 acres in total. 11 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/undetermined64
Debris and open burning35
Arson/incendiarism30
Natural11
Equipment and vehicle use10
Recreation and ceremony9
Smoking7
Misuse of fire by a minor7
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 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2015Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
7 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2000Arson/incendiarismunder an acreNew York Forest Rangersnot named
5 September 2000Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot 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

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Greene County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of West Coxsackie: 6 producers, 6 past producers. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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
Bronk Mill Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
High Hill PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
High Hill Pit and PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Cox Sackie Clay PitClayProducer
Cox Sackie Clay PitClayPast Producer
Route 81 Shale PitClayProducer

Every working recorded in Greene County

Storms near this place

21 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names West Coxsackie in 21 storm reports between 2006 and 2025: 8 thunderstorm wind, 6 flash flood, 3 flood, 2 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
December 2023FloodWest Coxsackie$5,000Route 385 between Lawrence Avenue and Whitbeck Street in Coxsackie was closed due to flooding.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindWest Coxsackie$3,000Trees were downed in the Town of Coxsackie. This occurred along an outflow boundary ahead of thunderstorms.
September 2023LightningWest Coxsackie$1,000There was a report of a structure on fire at a house on Derek Van Brummel Circle due to a lightning strike.
May 2025HailWest Coxsackie-A local broadcast media outlet passed along an image of hail measuring at approximately one inch in Coxsackie.
September 2021Flash FloodWest Coxsackie-Route 385 at Lawrence Ave has all lanes closed due to flooding.
November 2021FloodWest Coxsackie-Route 385 was closed at a railroad underpass between Bailey Street and Lawrence Avenue due to flooding.
August 2021FloodWest Coxsackie-County Route 385 was closed between Bailey Street and Lawrence Avenue under a railroad viaduct due to flooding. This is a typical flood prone spot.
May 2020Thunderstorm WindWest Coxsackie-Route 385 was closed between Kings Road and Bailey Street due to a downed tree and wires.
October 2020Thunderstorm WindWest Coxsackie-A tree was downed.
August 2018Flash FloodWest Coxsackie-Street flooding was reported.
October 2017Heavy RainWest Coxsackie-Public reported 1.88 inches of rain.
August 2016Thunderstorm WindWest Coxsackie-Trees and trees limbs were reported down in West Coxsackie due to thunderstorm winds.
October 2013Thunderstorm WindWest Coxsackie-Large limbs were reported down in Coxsackie as a result of thunderstorm winds.
June 2011HailWest Coxsackie-Three inch diameter size hail (measured) was reported during a thunderstorm in Coxsackie.
May 2011Flash FloodWest Coxsackie-Mansion Street was reported closed due to flooding between Bailey Street and Lawrence Avenue in West Coxsackie.
December 2010Flash FloodWest Coxsackie-Route 61, River Road, in New Baltimore was reported closed due to flash flooding.
January 2010Flash FloodWest Coxsackie-Route 385 was reported closed due to high water between Bailey Street and Lawrence Avenue in Coxsackie.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindWest Coxsackie-Wires were reported down in Coxsackie due to strong thunderstorm winds.
July 2009Flash FloodWest Coxsackie-Training thunderstorms produced very heavy rainfall across eastern portions of Greene County Wednesday afternoon and evening, resulting in flash flooding. State Route 385, or Mansion Street, in Coxsackie was closed due to flash flooding from this heavy rainfall. Several other streets within the village of Coxsackie were also impassable Wednesday evening due to flooding.
May 2008Thunderstorm WindWest Coxsackie-Trees and wires were reported down in Coxsackie as a result of strong thunderstorm winds.
December 2006Thunderstorm WindWest Coxsackie-Trees were reported down in Coxsackie due to thunderstorm winds.

Every storm recorded in Greene 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
Coxsackie1.0 miles25
Climax1.8 miles25
Bronck House1.9 miles25
Roberts Hill2.6 miles25
Otter Hook3.2 miles25
Paradise Hill4.2 miles25
Sleepy Hollow Lake4.2 miles25
Earlton4.5 miles25

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.

Wikidata item Q123206325The 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 969189. 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.