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One of 155 National Register listings published here for Columbia County · listed in 2012 · category: District.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Martin Van Buren National Historic Site (Boundary Increase)
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2012. 10 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1903.
The listing
- Listed as. Van Buren, Martin, National Historic Site (Boundary Increase) - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
- Address. 1013 Old Post Rd., Kinderhook, 12106
- When was it listed? July 2012
- Category. district
- Town. Kinderhook town
- National Register reference number. 12000406 - 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
126 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 126 fires within 5 miles of Martin Van Buren National Historic Site (Boundary Increase) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 193 acres in total. 16 started naturally. 15 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 | 44 |
| Debris and open burning | 29 |
| Natural | 16 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 15 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2014 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 8 September 2010 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 8 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 26 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 19 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 15 September 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 31 August 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
Mines and quarries near this property
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Martin Van Buren National Historic Site (Boundary Increase): 3 producers, 3 past producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cox Sackie Limestone Quarry | Limestone, General | Producer | Limestone | |
| Cox Sackie Limestone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Cox Sackie Clay Pit | Clay | Producer | ||
| Cox Sackie Clay Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Stuyvesant Clay Pit | Clay | Producer | ||
| Stuyvesant Clay Pit | Clay | Past Producer |
Storms near this property
40 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kinderhook, the town this property stands in, in 40 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 28 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 3 flood, 2 tornado. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2003 | Tornado (F2) | Kinderhook | 1 hurt, $200,000 | no account filed |
| April 2007 | Flood | Kinderhook | $2,000,000 | Heavy rain led to widespread flooding of small streams and creeks across the county, including Kinderhook Creek, and Claverack Creek, beginning Sunday evening on the 15th, and persisted through Tuesday evening on the 17th. This led to numerous road closures throughout the county, including New York State Route 66 between Bridge Street in Greenport, and the Fish and Game Road in Claverack. The most widespread flooding occurred mainly south of Route 23. In addition, numerous basements were reported retaining water near Stockport along Sotckport Creek.|Furthermore, a bridge at the intersection of County Road 16 and 23 collapsed in Hollowville due to high water along Claverack Creek around 2015 EST on the 15th.|The Town of Greenport wastewater treatment plant also sustained severe damage from the flooding of Claverack Creek. |
| July 2003 | Tornado (F0) | Kinderhook | $20,000 | no account filed |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kinderhook | $20,000 | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kinderhook | $11,000 | no account filed |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kinderhook | $10,000 | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kinderhook | $10,000 | no account filed |
| March 2008 | Flood | Kinderhook | $5,000 | Heavy rainfall led to flooding in portions of Columbia county. Several roads were reportedly closed, including Route 9 in Kinderhook and Clermont, Route 203 near Chatham, and Route 9H near Claverack. |
| August 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kinderhook | $4,000 | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kinderhook | $2,000 | no account filed |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kinderhook | $1,000 | no account filed |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kinderhook | - | A tree and wires were downed on McCagg Road. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kinderhook | - | Wires were downed on Wilkins Road in the Town of Kinderhook. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kinderhook | - | Multiple trees were downed in Kinderhook. |
| September 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kinderhook | - | Trees and wires were downed in multiple locations in the Town of Kinderhook. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kinderhook | - | Tree and wires were reported down across Route 9 at Hudson Street. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kinderhook | - | A tree was downed onto a home on Rothermell Lane Extension. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kinderhook | - | Tree and wires were downed on McCagg Road. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kinderhook | - | Trees and wires were downed. |
| May 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kinderhook | - | Several reports of trees and wires down in Kinderhook. |
| May 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kinderhook | - | A 58 mile per hour gust was measured at the New York State Mesonet station at Kinderhook. |
| October 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kinderhook | - | A tree and wires were downed. |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kinderhook | - | Wires were downed in Kinderhook. |
| August 2018 | Heavy Rain | Kinderhook | - | Total 24 hour rainfall reports ranged from 0.90 inches to 1.62 inches across Columbia county. |
| August 2018 | Heavy Rain | Kinderhook | - | Strong storm resulted in 1.76 inches of rainfall. |
| February 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kinderhook | - | Trees were downed, blocking a road. |
| September 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kinderhook | - | A tree was downed on Broad Street (U.S. Route 9) in the village of Kinderhook due to thunderstorm winds. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kinderhook | - | Trees and wires were reported down on Chatham Street in Kinderhook due to thunderstorm winds. |
| May 2013 | Hail | Kinderhook | - | Several spotters reported hail ranging from one to two inches in diameter fell in Kinderhook. |
| September 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kinderhook | - | Numerous trees were reported down in Kinderhook due to thunderstorm winds. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kinderhook | - | A tree and wires were reported down in Kinderhook due to strong thunderstorm winds. |
| August 2011 | Flood | Kinderhook | - | Flooding of Route 9 in Valatie was reported. |
| June 2009 | Hail | Kinderhook | - | Penny size hail was reported in Kinderhook during a thunderstorm. In addition, a peak wind gust of 41 mph was measured. |
| July 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kinderhook | - | Wires and a pole were reported down near Kinderhook due to strong thunderstorm winds. |
| May 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kinderhook | - | Trees were reported down along Broad Street in Kinderhook as a result of strong thunderstorm winds. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Kinderhook | - | Hail up to quarter size hail was reported in Kinderhook during a thunderstorm.||This large hail, which lasted for up to 30 minutes duration, led to significant damage to tree fruits, berries and vegetables in and near Kinderhook, with preliminary damage estimates exceeding $5 million. |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kinderhook | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Kinderhook | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Kinderhook | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kinderhook | - | no account filed |
Maps showing this location
10 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.
- 1903 USGS Kinderhook quadrangle1:62500 - 6 printings
- 1933 USGS Kinderhook quadrangle1:62500 - 3 printings
- 1948 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Kinderhook quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Stottville quadrangle1:24000 - 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Pittsfield 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Martin Van Buren National Historic Site | 0.3 miles | 1966 |
 | Luycas Van Alen House | 1.1 miles | 1967 |
| Peter Sander Van Alstyne House | 1.3 miles | 2021 | |
| Stuyvesant Falls Mill District | 1.6 miles | 1976 | |
 | Kinderhook Village District | 1.6 miles | 1974 |
| Crow Hill | 1.7 miles | 1997 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 12000406 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.