Wyomanock, New York
38 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1998. It stands in Stephentown town. It lies in ZIP code area 12168. It lies near Doty Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Hancock quadrangle.
Then and now
1888 to 1998The same ground, surveyed 110 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1888 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
21 surveys from 38 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.
- 1888 USGS Berlin quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1890 USGS Berlin quadrangle1:62500
- 1894 USGS Berlin quadrangle1:62500
- 1898 USGS Berlin quadrangle1:62500, 10 printings
- 1900 USGS Taconic quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1944 USGS Hancock quadrangle1:31680
- 1944 USGS Hancock quadrangle1:24000
- 1948 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Hancock quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Hancock quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Hancock quadrangle1:24000
- 1973 USGS Hancock quadrangle1:25000, 2 printings
- 1975 USGS Hancock quadrangle1:25000
- 1986 USGS Albany quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Stephentown Center quadrangle1:25000
- 1989 USGS Albany quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1998 USGS Stephentown Center quadrangle1:25000
Fires near this place
129 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 129 fires within 5 miles of Wyomanock between 1995 and 2020, burning about 167 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 17 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 | 74 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 17 |
| Debris and open burning | 15 |
| Natural | 13 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Smoking | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 11 September 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 27 August 2018 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 24 August 2018 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 2 August 2018 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 8 July 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 4 July 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 27 July 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Wyomanock: 2 producers, 1 past producer, 1 occurrence. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Limestone, General. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lebanon Springs Limestone Quarry | Limestone, General | Producer | Limestone | |
| Colby Mine | Iron | Past Producer | Residual | |
| Colby Mine | Iron | Producer | 1856 | |
| Colby Mine | Iron | Occurrence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stephentown | 2.3 miles | 38 | |
| Garfield | 2.4 miles | 36 | |
| Stephentown Center | 4.2 miles | 36 | |
| North Stephentown | 5.5 miles | 38 | |
| West Stephentown | 7.3 miles | 36 | |
| Cherryplain | 7.7 miles | 40 | |
| East Nassau | 7.8 miles | 30 | |
| Dunham Hollow | 8.1 miles | 36 |
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 Q122565532 | 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 971786. 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.




















