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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.

Wynantskill within Rensselaer 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 Wynantskill, surveyed 1989
Topographic sheet of Wynantskill, surveyed 1893

Population over time

2 figures

Wynantskill 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.

YearPeople Change
20103,276
20204,050+774 (+24%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 surveys from 32 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

965 since 1993

Regional 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/undetermined511
Arson/incendiarism195
Debris and open burning115
Natural63
Smoking36
Equipment and vehicle use20
Misuse of fire by a minor14
Recreation and ceremony7
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Railroad operations and maintenance2

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
9 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 September 2002Arson/incendiarismunder 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
6 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Rensselaer County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 19 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Troy PlantPerlitePlant
Troy Sandstone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducerSedimentary
Troy Sandstone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
C.E. Wicks PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
C.E. Wicks Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Cranston Leveling PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Cranston Leveling PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Dunns PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Dunns PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Eagle Mills PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Rensselaer County

Storms near this place

19 since 1995

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2004LightningWynantskill7 hurtSeven people sent to hospital with injuries when lightning struck a softball field in vicinity of North Greenbush/Wynantskill.
April 1996Thunderstorm WindWynantskill3 hurt, $20,000no account filed
December 2022FloodWynantskill$30,000Basement flooding was reported with some home near Route 66 and Mountain View Avenue in the area of Wynantskill and North Greenbush.
May 1998Thunderstorm WindWynantskill$15,000no account filed
July 1995Thunderstorm WindWynantskill$2,000no account filed
July 2021FloodWynantskill-There were reports of evacuations of about 10 homes along Wyantskill Creek near Brookside Avenue.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindWynantskill-A large tree was downed on Main Avenue.
August 2018Thunderstorm WindWynantskill-Trees were downed.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindWynantskill-A tree and wires were reported down near Wynantskill due to thunderstorm winds.
June 2013HailWynantskill-Several spotters reported half dollar to golfball size hail during a thunderstorm in Wyantskill.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindWynantskill-Multiple large trees were reported down due to thunderstorm winds in Wyantskill.
October 2013Thunderstorm WindWynantskill-A tree was reported down and on a car on Mountainview Avenue in Troy as a result of thunderstorm winds.
May 2012Thunderstorm WindWynantskill-One tree was reported down due to thunderstorm winds in Troy.
August 2011FloodWynantskill-Route 136, Whiteview Road, in Wynantskill was closed at Brookside Avenue due to flooding.
August 2011FloodWynantskill-Route 66 in Wynantskill was reported closed due to flooding. Water from the Poesten Kill destroyed a home on Frankin Street in Poestenkill.
August 2011FloodWynantskill-Route 66 in Wynantskill was reported closed due to flooding.
August 2008HailWynantskill-Penny size hail fell in Wynantskill during a thunderstorm.
July 2004HailWynantskill-no account filed
June 2002HailWynantskill-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Rensselaer 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
Albia0.6 miles32
Mountain View0.7 miles32
Eastmor1.1 miles32
South Troy1.5 miles32
Snyders Corner2.2 miles30
Eagle Mills3.1 miles30
Sycaway3.2 miles32
Troy3.3 miles32

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 WynantskillAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3460087The 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.