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Norman Vale

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009. 14 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1893.

From the record

“Norman Vale, also known as the Nott House, is a historic home located at Guilderland in Albany County, New York. It is a three-part home comprising a center section with a steeply pitched roof, flanked by wings.”

Wikipedia article Norman Vale, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 234 National Register listings published here for Albany County · listed in 2009 · category: Building.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. 6030 Nott Rd., Guilderland, 12084
  • When was it listed? December 2009
  • Category. building
  • Town. Guilderland town
  • Architectural style. Colonial Revival architecture, Federal architecture
  • National Register reference number. 09001079 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.

Fires near this property

679 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 679 fires within 5 miles of Norman Vale between 2000 and 2020, burning about 721 acres in total. 31 started naturally. 120 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/undetermined400
Arson/incendiarism120
Smoking40
Debris and open burning39
Equipment and vehicle use32
Natural31
Power generation/transmission/distribution10
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Recreation and ceremony3

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 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
9 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
7 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2003Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Every fire recorded in Albany County

Specimens collected near this property

12 of 4,754 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 4,754 specimens collected within 10 miles of Norman Vale between 1760 and 1975: 2,569 Animalia, 1,462 Fungi, 656 Plantae, 28 Unrecorded, 19 Chromista, 14 Protozoa, 6 Bacteria. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A C. Frederick, A C. Frederick, 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 Diplodia crataegi FuckelDiplodia crataegi Fuckel1895Charles E. Fairman
Specimen of Cephalozia media Lindb.Cephalozia media Lindb.1898Charles H. Pecknear Albany
Specimen of Coniothyrium Corda, 1840Coniothyrium Corda, 18401899not recorded
A photograph of the species Hemaris thysbe, not of this specimenHemaris thysbe Fabricius, 17751760W.W. Hill
A photograph of the species Carex vestita, not of this specimenCarex vestita Willd.1811P. D. KnieskernNear Schenectady.
A photograph of the species Monotropa procera, not of this specimenMonotropa procera Torr.1817E. JamesNear Albany
A photograph of the species Utricularia gibba, not of this specimenUtricularia gibba L.1828J. HallGreenbush
A photograph of the species Peziza acetabulum, not of this specimenPeziza acetabulum L.1829H.H. EatonAlbany
A photograph of the species Anaphalis margaritacea, not of this specimenAnaphalis margaritacea (L.) Benth.1830J. TorreyCirca Albany
A photograph of the species Bidens tripartita, not of this specimenBidens tripartita L.1830Collector unspecifiedAlbany
A photograph of the species Spiranthes lacera, not of this specimenSpiranthes lacera (Raf.) Raf.1834Herb. (Jas.) MacnabAlbany
A photograph of the species Poa cuspidata, not of this specimenPoa cuspidata Nutt.1837A. ClappN. Albany.

All 4,754 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries near this property

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Norman Vale: 4 producers, 3 past producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Guilderland PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Leto Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Olivers PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
South PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Stitts Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Stitts Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Wagner PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Albany County

Storms near this property

13 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Guilderland, the town this property stands in, in 13 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 10 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 hail, 1 lightning. The reports record 1 injury. 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
August 2002Thunderstorm WindGuilderland1 hurt, $975,000no account filed
July 1995Thunderstorm WindGuilderland$20,000no account filed
June 2002Thunderstorm WindGuilderland$10,000no account filed
June 1994Thunderstorm WindGuilderland$5,000no account filed
July 1994Thunderstorm WindGuilderland$5,000no account filed
August 1994Thunderstorm WindGuilderland$5,000no account filed
June 2014LightningGuilderland$1,000The local fire department reported that a house was struck by lightning on Denny Road in Guilderland.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindGuilderland-Wires were reported down on Kings Road between Morris Road and Curry Road as well as on Siver Road between East Old State Road and East Lydius Street in Guilderland.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindGuilderland-A tree was downed across East Old State Road.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindGuilderland-Wires were downed.
July 2009HailGuilderland-Quarter size hail was reported approximately 4 miles west northwest of Colonie during a thunderstorm.
July 2007Thunderstorm WindGuilderland-Numerous tree limbs, some large, were reported down in and near Guilderland due to strong thunderstorm winds.
June 2005Flash FloodGuilderland-Flash flooding occurred at a couple of locations. Western Avenue was closedat Fuller Road due to flooding. And Lishakill Road was flooded where it intersects with Consaul Road. A spotter in the vicinity of Lishakill Road, reported2.85 inches of rainfall in 70 minutes about 8 PM EST.

Every storm recorded in Albany County

Maps showing this location

14 surveys

United States Geological Survey topographic sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the coordinate the National Park Service records for this property, then testing that coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet.

Listed places nearby

6 within 8 miles

Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.

Photograph PropertyDistance Listed
Prospect Hill Cemetery Building0.6 miles1982
Rose Hill0.8 miles1982
Hamilton Union Church Rectory0.8 miles1982
Hamilton Union Presbyterian Church0.9 miles1982
John Schoolcraft House0.9 miles1982
Gillespie House1.9 miles1982

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 09001079 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Albany CountyAll 234 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

  • Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
  • Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
  • How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
  • 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.
  • 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.