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Photograph of North Creek
Photograph by Doug Kerr from Upstate New York, CC BY-SA 2.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

North Creek Railroad Station Complex

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. 10 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1895.

From the record

“North Creek station is a historic railroad station complex located at North Creek, Warren County, New York. The complex consists of the railroad station, the freight house, round house, turntable, and horse barn.”

Wikipedia article North Creek station, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 76 National Register listings published here for Warren County · listed in 1976 · 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 6 buildingss, 1 structure as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. Railroad Pl., North Creek, 12853
  • When was it listed? August 1976
  • Category. building
  • Town. Johnsburg town
  • National Register reference number. 76001287 - 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

61 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 61 fires within 5 miles of North Creek Railroad Station Complex between 2001 and 2020, burning about 66 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 2 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/undetermined37
Natural7
Equipment and vehicle use4
Recreation and ceremony3
Smoking3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Arson/incendiarism2
Debris and open burning1

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
7 September 2016Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
21 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
15 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
19 August 2002Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
19 August 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNew York Forest RangersNORTH CREEK FIRE
17 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
14 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.1 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
1 August 2020Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreNew York Forest RangersGORE MOUNTAIN

Every fire recorded in Warren County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of North Creek Railroad Station Complex: 5 past producers, 3 occurrences, 2 prospects, 2 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Garnet, Sulfur-Pyrite, Feldspar, Mica, Quartz, Feldspar. 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
Oven Mountain MineGarnet, Sulfur-Pyrite, FeldsparPast Producer1897, 1925
Perkins PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unnamed OccurrenceGarnet, Mica, Quartz, FeldsparOccurrence1925, 1975
Unnamed OccurrenceGraniteOccurrenceMetamorphic
Unnamed OccurrenceGranite, Quartz, MicaOccurrenceGranite, Mica, Quartz
Barton Mine & MillGarnetProducer
Botheration Pond Deposit AGarnetProspect
Botheration Pond Deposit BGarnetProspect
Hooper MineGarnetPast Producer
Hudson River MillGarnetPlant

Every working recorded in Warren County

Storms near this property

13 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names North Creek, the town this property stands in, in 13 storm reports between 1993 and 2024: 5 flood, 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
October 2019FloodNorth Creek$202,000There were 22 roads in the Town of Chester damaged by flooding.
December 2023FloodNorth Creek$5,000Bird Pond Road was reported closed due to flooding.
August 1993Thunderstorm WindNorth Creek$5,000no account filed
July 1997Thunderstorm WindNorth Creek$2,000no account filed
August 2024HailNorth Creek-Via social media, a member of the public reported up to 1 inch diameter size hail in North Creek.
November 2019FloodNorth Creek-The Hudson River at North Creek reached moderate flood stage between 0404EST 1 November and 0152EST 2 November, cresting at 11.83 feet at 1100EST 1 November. The high waters cut off homes along East Hudson River Drive, prompting at least one evacuation.
July 2014Tornado (EF0)North Creek-A National Weather Service Storm Survey determined that a brief EF0 tornado occurred in the village of North Creek. The tornado was accompained by a microburst, which occurred to the south of the tornado track. The tornado tracked for about one mile, beginning near Route 28 in North Creek and moved north-northeast. The tornado lifted after crossing the Hudson River on Bird Pond Road. Most of the damage occurred to hardwood and softwood trees along the path, with the only damage to structures due to fallen trees. Video evidence of the tornado was provided by a local resident through emergency services.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindNorth Creek-A COOP Observer reported trees were downed due to thunderstorm winds in North Creek.
April 2011FloodNorth Creek-The Hudson River at North Creek rapidly rose due to runoff from the very heavy rainfall from thunderstorms. This resulted in up to 4 feet of water flowing over the low points of Old River Road cutting off access to a dozen households.
March 2011FloodNorth Creek-Old River Road in North Creek was closed due to flooding with water levels ranging from a few inches up to almost 4 feet. Some residents were evacuated.
May 2006HailNorth Creek-The fire chief, at North Creek reported one-inch hail in North Creek.
May 2006Thunderstorm WindNorth Creek-The North Creek fire chief reported trees were blown down in North Creek.
June 2005Flash FloodNorth Creek-Road washouts on River Road and Cobble Creek Road.

Every storm recorded in Warren County

Maps showing this location

10 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

1 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
Riverside Train Station5.4 miles1997

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 76001287 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Warren CountyAll 76 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.