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Wolf Hill, New York

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Berne town. It lies in ZIP code area 12186. It stands on Wolf Hill. The Survey maps it on the Westerlo quadrangle.

Wolf Hill within Albany County

Then and now

1900 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 85 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Wolf Hill, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Wolf Hill, surveyed 1900

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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

118 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 118 fires within 5 miles of Wolf Hill between 2001 and 2020, burning about 79 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 16 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/undetermined65
Debris and open burning16
Arson/incendiarism16
Equipment and vehicle use7
Natural5
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Smoking2
Other causes1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
30 September 2018Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
27 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
23 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
8 August 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 August 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 August 2016Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
13 August 2012Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 July 2004Missing 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 3,176 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 3,176 specimens collected within 10 miles of Wolf Hill between 1855 and 1975: 2,051 Animalia, 574 Fungi, 522 Plantae, 21 Protozoa, 7 Chromista, 1 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by ?, 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 SpeciesYear Collected by Where, as recorded
Specimen of Cephalozia media Lindb.Cephalozia media Lindb.1898Charles H. Pecknear Albany
Specimen of Coniothyrium Corda, 1840Coniothyrium Corda, 18401899not recorded
Specimen of Corticium evolvens (Fr.) Fr.Corticium evolvens (Fr.) Fr.1900unknownAltamont
A photograph of the species Phragmidium speciosum, not of this specimenPhragmidium speciosum (Fr.) Bonord.1855SartwellE Novo-Eboraco [= New York]
A photograph of the species Culaea inconstans, not of this specimenCulaea inconstans (Kirtland, 1840)1860W. SwartzKrumkill, 1 mi. NE of Voorheesville
A photograph of the species Sorex fumeus, not of this specimenSorex fumeus fumeus G.M.Miller, 18951860William J. Hamilton Jr.Rensselaerville
A photograph of the species Abietinella abietina, not of this specimenAbietinella abietina (Hedw.) M.Fleisch.1863C. F. AustinHelderberg Mt.
A photograph of the species Anomodon viticulosus, not of this specimenAnomodon viticulosus (Hedw.) Hook. & Taylor1863C. F. AustinHelderberg Mts.
A photograph of the species Barbilophozia barbata, not of this specimenBarbilophozia barbata (Schmidel ex Schreb.) Loeske1863C. F. AustinIn Mountain localities
A photograph of the species Barbula unguiculata, not of this specimenBarbula unguiculata Hedw.1863C. F. AustinHelderberg Mts.
A photograph of the species Brachythecium rutabulum, not of this specimenBrachythecium rutabulum (Hedw.) Schimp.1863C. H. PeckHelderberg Mountains
A photograph of the species Crossocalyx hellerianus, not of this specimenCrossocalyx hellerianus (Nees ex Lindenb.) Meyl.1863C. F. AustinHelderberg Mts.

All 3,176 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Wolf Hill: 1 producer, 1 past producer, 1 occurrence. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Flagstone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Grippee QuarryFlagstoneProducer
Heldeberg Bluestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast ProducerSedimentary
New Salem DepositSulfurOccurrence

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
New Salem2.6 miles31
Reidsville2.7 miles21
Helderberg3.0 miles21
Clarksville3.1 miles31
Thompsons Lake3.2 miles22
East Berne3.5 miles21
Tarrytown4.4 miles31
Meadowdale4.8 miles30

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 973282. 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.