Wynantskill, New York
32 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1989. It stands in North Greenbush town. It lies in ZIP code area 12198. The Survey maps it on the Troy South quadrangle. 4,050 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 335 feet above sea level.
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.


Population over time
2 figuresWynantskill grew from 3,276 to 4,050 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 3,276 | |
| 2020 | 4,050 | +774 (+24%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
15 surveys from 32 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 Troy quadrangle1:62500
- 1895 USGS Troy quadrangle1:62500
- 1898 USGS Troy quadrangle1:62500, 8 printings
- 1925 USGS Troy quadrangle1:48000
- 1928 USGS Troy quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1948 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Troy quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Troy South quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1956 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Troy South quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Albany quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Albany quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
965 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 965 fires within 5 miles of Wynantskill between 1993 and 2020, burning about 787 acres in total. 63 started naturally. 195 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 | 511 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 195 |
| Debris and open burning | 115 |
| Natural | 63 |
| Smoking | 36 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 20 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 14 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 9 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 9 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 8 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 6 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 6 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 4 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 19 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Wynantskill: 13 past producers, 5 producers, 1 plant. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Perlite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Troy Plant | Perlite | Plant | ||
| Troy Sandstone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Troy Sandstone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| C.E. Wicks Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| C.E. Wicks Pit and Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Cranston Leveling Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Cranston Leveling Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Dunns Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Dunns Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Eagle Mills Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary |
Storms near this place
19 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wynantskill in 19 storm reports between 1995 and 2022: 9 thunderstorm wind, 5 flood, 4 hail, 1 lightning. The reports record 10 injuries. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2004 | Lightning | Wynantskill | 7 hurt | Seven people sent to hospital with injuries when lightning struck a softball field in vicinity of North Greenbush/Wynantskill. |
| April 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wynantskill | 3 hurt, $20,000 | no account filed |
| December 2022 | Flood | Wynantskill | $30,000 | Basement flooding was reported with some home near Route 66 and Mountain View Avenue in the area of Wynantskill and North Greenbush. |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wynantskill | $15,000 | no account filed |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wynantskill | $2,000 | no account filed |
| July 2021 | Flood | Wynantskill | - | There were reports of evacuations of about 10 homes along Wyantskill Creek near Brookside Avenue. |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wynantskill | - | A large tree was downed on Main Avenue. |
| August 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wynantskill | - | Trees were downed. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wynantskill | - | A tree and wires were reported down near Wynantskill due to thunderstorm winds. |
| June 2013 | Hail | Wynantskill | - | Several spotters reported half dollar to golfball size hail during a thunderstorm in Wyantskill. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wynantskill | - | Multiple large trees were reported down due to thunderstorm winds in Wyantskill. |
| October 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wynantskill | - | A tree was reported down and on a car on Mountainview Avenue in Troy as a result of thunderstorm winds. |
| May 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wynantskill | - | One tree was reported down due to thunderstorm winds in Troy. |
| August 2011 | Flood | Wynantskill | - | Route 136, Whiteview Road, in Wynantskill was closed at Brookside Avenue due to flooding. |
| August 2011 | Flood | Wynantskill | - | Route 66 in Wynantskill was reported closed due to flooding. Water from the Poesten Kill destroyed a home on Frankin Street in Poestenkill. |
| August 2011 | Flood | Wynantskill | - | Route 66 in Wynantskill was reported closed due to flooding. |
| August 2008 | Hail | Wynantskill | - | Penny size hail fell in Wynantskill during a thunderstorm. |
| July 2004 | Hail | Wynantskill | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Hail | Wynantskill | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Albia | 0.6 miles | 32 | |
| Mountain View | 0.7 miles | 32 | |
| Eastmor | 1.1 miles | 32 | |
| South Troy | 1.5 miles | 32 | |
| Snyders Corner | 2.2 miles | 30 | |
| Eagle Mills | 3.1 miles | 30 | |
| Sycaway | 3.2 miles | 32 | |
| Troy | 3.3 miles | 32 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Wynantskill | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3460087 | The 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 971770. 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.














