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Woodruff Heights, New York

34 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Glenville town. It lies in ZIP code area 12302. The Survey maps it on the Burnt Hills quadrangle.

Woodruff Heights within Schenectady 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 Woodruff Heights, surveyed 1989
Topographic sheet of Woodruff Heights, surveyed 1893

Topographic sheets covering this place

16 surveys from 34 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

391 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 391 fires within 5 miles of Woodruff Heights between 2000 and 2020, burning about 288 acres in total. 14 started naturally. 52 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/undetermined224
Arson/incendiarism52
Smoking36
Debris and open burning21
Misuse of fire by a minor19
Equipment and vehicle use15
Natural14
Recreation and ceremony7
Power generation/transmission/distribution3

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
7 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2003Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2016Recreation and ceremony1.3 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
5 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.6 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
29 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Schenectady County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Woodruff Heights: 3 past producers, 2 producers. 2 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
Aqueduct Schenectady Sandstone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducerSedimentary
Scotia Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Scotia Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Vley PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Vley PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Schenectady 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
Mayfair0.5 miles33
Willow Brook Park0.7 miles34
Stoodley Corners0.7 miles33
East Glenville1.0 miles34
Harmon Park1.1 miles34
Ralmar Park1.1 miles34
Glenridge1.5 miles33
Wheeler Estates1.6 miles34

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 Q122561680The 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 971695. 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.