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One of 62 National Register listings published here for Montgomery County · listed in 2019 · category: Building.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Danascara Place
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2019. 10 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1896.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 5 buildingss, 2 structuress as contributing to the listing.
- Address. 662 Mohawk Dr., Tribes Hill, 12068
- When was it listed? December 2019
- Category. building
- Town. Mohawk town
- National Register reference number. 100004819 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Fires near this property
107 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 107 fires within 5 miles of Danascara Place between 2001 and 2020, burning about 92 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 19 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 | 54 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 19 |
| Smoking | 14 |
| Debris and open burning | 12 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2017 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 22 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 22 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 9 August 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 8 August 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.4 acres | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 6 August 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 5 August 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 4 August 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Danascara Place: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Platinum, Nickel. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fonda | Platinum, Nickel | Occurrence | Unknown |
Storms near this property
16 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tribes Hill, the town this property stands in, in 16 storm reports between 2003 and 2024: 11 thunderstorm wind, 3 flood, 1 tornado, 1 flash 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 2003 | Tornado (F0) | Tribes Hill | $25,000 | no account filed |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tribes Hill | - | A large tree was downed and power was out at the intersection of Mohawk Drive and James Street in Tribes Hill. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tribes Hill | - | Large tree branches were downed on many properties along Mohawk Drive in Tribes Hill. |
| October 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tribes Hill | - | Multiple large tree branches downed near Tribes Hill and some siding was ripped off of a house. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tribes Hill | - | Trees were downed on wires on Stoner Trail. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tribes Hill | - | Trees were downed. |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tribes Hill | - | Tree and wires downed. |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tribes Hill | - | Tree downed on wires along Maple Ave in the town of Tribes Hill. |
| June 2014 | Flash Flood | Tribes Hill | - | Route 67 was closed from Fort Johnson to Fulton-Montgomery Community College due to flash flooding from heavy rain from thunderstorms. A mudslide occurred along McDonald Drive as well. One home along Noonan Road in Fort Johnson partially collapsed due to flooding and the residents had to be evacuated. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tribes Hill | - | Tree limbs were reported down and on wires on Mohawk Drive in Tribes Hill due to thunderstorm winds. |
| May 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tribes Hill | - | One tree was reported down due to thunderstorm winds near Johnstown. |
| May 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tribes Hill | - | A tree was reported down and blocking a road in front of the Tribes Hill Fire Department in Tribes Hill due to thunderstorm winds. |
| September 2011 | Flood | Tribes Hill | - | Route 67 from the Johnstown City line to Route 5 was closed due to flooding. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tribes Hill | - | Trees and wires were reported down approximately 5 miles west of Amsterdam due to strong thunderstorm winds. |
| April 2006 | Flood | Tribes Hill | - | On April 23 at 3 PM EST, the Mohawk River crested at 284.0 feet at Tribes Hill. Flood stage is 281.0 feet. |
| November 2006 | Flood | Tribes Hill | - | The Mohawk River at Tribes Hill exceeded its flood stage of 281.0 feet at 5:03 AM EST on November 17th, crested at 281.20 feet at 8:10 AM EST on the 17th, before falling back below flood stage at 1:56 PM EST on the 17th. |
Maps showing this location
10 surveysUnited 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.
- 1896 USGS Fonda quadrangle1:62500
- 1898 USGS Fonda quadrangle1:62500
- 1902 USGS Fonda quadrangle1:62500 - 8 printings
- 1944 USGS Tribes Hill quadrangle1:24000 - 2 printings
- 1946 USGS Tribes Hill quadrangle1:31680
- 1948 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Amsterdam quadrangle1:100000 - 2 printings
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Walter Butler Homestead | 2.4 miles | 1976 | |
| Fultonville Historic District | 2.7 miles | 2019 | |
 | Erie Canal | 2.8 miles | 1966 |
 | Amsterdam City Hall | 2.8 miles | 2001 |
| Old Courthouse Complex | 3.1 miles | 1982 | |
 | Glen Historic District | 3.3 miles | 2001 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 100004819 in Record Group 79. |
| Montgomery County | All 62 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.