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One of 155 National Register listings published here for Columbia County · listed in 2018 · category: District.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Austerlitz Historic District
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2018. 23 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1888.
The listing
- Address. NY 22, Harvey Mtn., E Hill, W Hill & Old Rds, Austerlitz, 12017
- When was it listed? May 2018
- Category. district
- Town. Austerlitz town
- National Register reference number. 100002507 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Then and now
1888 to 1997The ground this property stands on, surveyed 109 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Fires near this property
65 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 65 fires within 5 miles of Austerlitz Historic District between 1993 and 2020, burning about 115 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 7 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 | 26 |
| Debris and open burning | 14 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 11 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 17 August 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 12 August 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 29 July 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 2 July 2015 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 19 July 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.5 acres | New York Forest Rangers | HARRINGTON RD FIRE |
| 17 July 1993 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 of 20 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Austerlitz Historic District: 13 past producers, 4 producers, 2 occurrences, 1 prospect. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Manganese, Manganese, Iron. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gott-Mesick Bog Mn Occurrence | Manganese, Iron | Producer | ||
| Gott-Mesick Bog Mn Occurrence | Manganese | Past Producer | Residual | |
| Gott-Mesick Bog Mn Occurrence | Manganese, Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Goodrich Mine | Iron | Occurrence | Limonite | |
| Goodrich Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Hillsdale Limonite Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Hudson Mine | Iron | Producer | Limonite | |
| Hudson Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Leet Mine | Iron | Past Producer | Limonite | |
| Leet Mine | Iron | Past Producer |
Storms near this property
20 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Austerlitz, the town this property stands in, in 20 storm reports between 2000 and 2023: 14 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 2 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Austerlitz | $25,000 | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Austerlitz | $9,000 | no account filed |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Austerlitz | - | A tree was downed along State Route 22 north of State Route 203 near Austerlitz. |
| March 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Austerlitz | - | A tree was reported down on County Route 5. |
| October 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Austerlitz | - | A tree was downed on County Route 9. |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Austerlitz | - | A tree was down in the roadway on Route 203 just west of Route 22. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Austerlitz | - | Trees and wires were reported down in Austerlitz due to thunderstorm winds. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Austerlitz | - | A tree was downed and across State Route 22 in Austerlitz due to thunderstorm winds. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Austerlitz | - | A tree and power lines were reported down on West Hill Road in Austerlitz due to thunderstorm winds. |
| August 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Austerlitz | - | Trees and wires were reported down due to thunderstorm winds in Austerlitz. |
| August 2011 | Flood | Austerlitz | - | Route 71 was reported closed due to flooding approximately 4 miles south of Austerlitz. |
| July 2009 | Flash Flood | Austerlitz | - | The Green River was reported out of its bank in Austerlitz. |
| July 2009 | Flash Flood | Austerlitz | - | A road was reportedly impassable at Route 22 and 203 due to flash flooding from very heavy rainfall. |
| July 2008 | Hail | Austerlitz | - | Quarter size hail was reported in Austerlitz during a thunderstorm. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Austerlitz | - | Trees were reported down in Austerlitz due to strong thunderstorm winds. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Austerlitz | - | Trees were downed in Austerlitz due to strong thunderstorm winds. |
| May 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Austerlitz | - | Trees were reported down in Austerlitz as a result of strong thunderstorm winds. |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Austerlitz | - | Trees down |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Austerlitz | - | Southern parts of Austerlitz affected by storm. Numerous trees and several wires down. |
| June 2002 | Hail | Austerlitz | - | no account filed |
Maps showing this location
23 surveysUnited States Geological Survey topographic sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the middle of the area the National Park Service maps for this listing, then testing that coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet.
- 1888 USGS Pittsfield quadrangle1:62500
- 1890 USGS Pittsfield quadrangle1:62500
- 1893 USGS Pittsfield quadrangle1:62500
- 1894 USGS Pittsfield quadrangle1:62500
- 1897 USGS Pittsfield quadrangle1:62500 - 11 printings
- 1899 USGS Housatonic quadrangle1:125000
- 1900 USGS Housatonic quadrangle1:125000 - 5 printings
- 1943 USGS Housatonic quadrangle1:125000
- 1944 USGS State Line quadrangle1:24000 - 2 printings
- 1944 USGS State Line quadrangle1:31680
- 1946 USGS State Line quadrangle1:31680
- 1948 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS State Line quadrangle1:24000 - 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS State Line quadrangle1:24000 - 2 printings
- 1973 USGS State Line quadrangle1:25000
- 1975 USGS State Line quadrangle1:25000
- 1986 USGS Pittsfield quadrangle1:100000 - 2 printings
- 1987 USGS Stockbridge quadrangle1:25000 - 2 printings
- 1997 USGS Stockbridge quadrangle1:25000
Listed places nearby
6 within 8 milesOther 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Steepletop | 1.6 miles | 1971 |
| Daniel and Clarissa Baldwin House | 3.3 miles | 2012 | |
 | Spencertown Academy | 3.7 miles | 1973 |
| The Red Rock Monument | 3.8 miles | 2025 | |
 | St. Peter's Presbyterian Church and Spencertown Cemetery | 3.8 miles | 2002 |
| Spencertown Historic District | 3.9 miles | 2018 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 100002507 in Record Group 79. |
| Columbia County | All 155 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.
- 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.