John S. Tilley Ladders Company

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1,552 fires within 5 miles of John S. Tilley Ladders Company between 1993 and 2020, burning about 1,307 acres in total. 75 started naturally. 325 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.

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Every fire recorded in Albany County

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 4,456 specimens collected within 10 miles of John S. Tilley Ladders Company between 1760 and 1975: 2,522 Animalia, 1,284 Fungi, 597 Plantae, 33 Unrecorded, 14 Chromista, 4 Protozoa, 2 Bacteria. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A C. Frederick, A C. Frederick, A C. Frederick, A. Clapp 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	Species	Year	Collected by	Where, as recorded
	Diplodia crataegi Fuckel	1895	Charles E. Fairman
	Phyllosticta limitata Peck	1899	P.L. Huested
	Podosphaera oxyacanthae (DC.) de Bary	1899	P.L. Huested
	Hemaris thysbe Fabricius, 1775	1760	W.W. Hill
	Monotropa procera Torr.	1817	E. James	Near Albany
	Fontinalis duriaei Schimp.	1825	H. H. Eaton
	Geastrum hygrometricum Pers.	1827	H. H. Eaton	Troy
	Acalypha rhomboidea Raf.	1828	J. Hall	Troy
	Alnus serrulata (Aiton) Willd.	1828	J. Hall	Troy
	Apocynum androsaemifolium L.	1828	J. Hall	Troy
	Apocynum cannabinum L.	1828	J. Hall	Troy
	Asclepias amplexicaulis Sm.	1828	J. Hall	Troy

All 4,456 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of John S. Tilley Ladders Company: 10 past producers, 9 producers, 1 plant. 10 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Bloating Material. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Every working recorded in Albany County

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Watervliet, the town this property stands in, in 18 storm reports between 2006 and 2024: 10 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 3 flash flood, 1 flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. 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.

Every storm recorded in Albany County

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.

• 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

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	Property	Distance	Listed
	Hedge Lawn	0.3 miles	1985
	Louis Menand House	0.8 miles	1985
	Watervliet Arsenal	0.8 miles	1966
	George Trimble House	0.9 miles	1985
	St. Agnes Cemetery	1.1 miles	2008
	Menand Park Historic District	1.2 miles	1985