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Whitney Estates, New York

33 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Colonie town. It lies in ZIP code area 12110. It stands on Shakers Creek. The Survey maps it on the Niskayuna quadrangle.

Whitney Estates within Albany 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 Whitney Estates, surveyed 1989
Topographic sheet of Whitney Estates, surveyed 1893

On record in Whitney Estates

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 within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

16 surveys from 33 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

1,082 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1,082 fires within 5 miles of Whitney Estates between 1999 and 2020, burning about 979 acres in total. 62 started naturally. 168 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/undetermined633
Arson/incendiarism168
Smoking77
Debris and open burning64
Natural62
Equipment and vehicle use42
Misuse of fire by a minor20
Power generation/transmission/distribution9
Recreation and ceremony6
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
9 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
8 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
6 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
6 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Albany County

Specimens collected near this place

12 of 4,562 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 4,562 specimens collected within 10 miles of Whitney Estates between 1760 and 1975: 2,595 Animalia, 1,317 Fungi, 589 Plantae, 36 Unrecorded, 15 Chromista, 6 Bacteria, 4 Protozoa. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A C. Frederick, A C. Frederick, A C. Frederick, A. Clapp 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 SpeciesYear Collected by Where, as recorded
Specimen of Diplodia crataegi FuckelDiplodia crataegi Fuckel1895Charles E. Fairman
Specimen of Phyllosticta limitata PeckPhyllosticta limitata Peck1899P.L. Huested
Specimen of Podosphaera oxyacanthae (DC.) de BaryPodosphaera oxyacanthae (DC.) de Bary1899P.L. Huested
A photograph of the species Hemaris thysbe, not of this specimenHemaris thysbe Fabricius, 17751760W.W. Hill
A photograph of the species Carex vestita, not of this specimenCarex vestita Willd.1811P. D. KnieskernNear Schenectady.
A photograph of the species Monotropa procera, not of this specimenMonotropa procera Torr.1817E. JamesNear Albany
Fontinalis duriaei Schimp.1825H. H. Eaton
Geastrum hygrometricum Pers.1827H. H. EatonTroy
A photograph of the species Acalypha rhomboidea, not of this specimenAcalypha rhomboidea Raf.1828J. HallTroy
A photograph of the species Alnus serrulata, not of this specimenAlnus serrulata (Aiton) Willd.1828J. HallTroy
A photograph of the species Apocynum androsaemifolium, not of this specimenApocynum androsaemifolium L.1828J. HallTroy
A photograph of the species Apocynum cannabinum, not of this specimenApocynum cannabinum L.1828J. HallTroy

All 4,562 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 16 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Whitney Estates: 10 producers, 6 past producers. 10 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Bloating Material. 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
CohoesBloating MaterialProducerSedimentary
Cohoes MineStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Cohoes Mine and MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Fort Ferry PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Fort Ferry PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Pollock PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Pollock PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Cohoes Clay PitClayProducer
Cohoes Clay PitClayPast Producer
Cohoes Clay PitClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Albany 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
Verdoy1.2 miles33
Latham1.5 miles32
Mohawk View1.7 miles33
Shakers2.1 miles32
Boght Corners2.6 miles31
Dunsbach Ferry2.6 miles33
Newtonville2.8 miles32
Crescent Station3.7 miles31

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 Q122562295The 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 971185. 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.