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Photograph of New Baltimore Hamlet Historic District
Photograph by Doug Kerr from Upstate New York, CC BY-SA 2.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

New Baltimore Hamlet Historic District

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996. 11 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1893.

From the record

“New Baltimore Hamlet Historic District is a national historic district located at New Baltimore in Greene County, New York. The district contains 94 contributing buildings and one contributing site.”

Wikipedia article New Baltimore Hamlet Historic District, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 101 National Register listings published here for Greene County · listed in 1996 · category: District.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

Fires near this property

172 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 172 fires within 5 miles of New Baltimore Hamlet Historic District between 1992 and 2020, burning about 156 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 22 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/undetermined79
Arson/incendiarism22
Debris and open burning21
Railroad operations and maintenance14
Natural10
Equipment and vehicle use10
Smoking6
Recreation and ceremony5
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2

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
8 September 2010Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2012Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
29 September 2012Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
27 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
23 September 2014Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
21 September 2011Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Every fire recorded in Greene County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 21 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 21 workings within 5 miles of New Baltimore Hamlet Historic District: 11 producers, 10 past producers. 11 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Flagstone. 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
Alcove QuarryFlagstoneProducer
Aquetuck Limestone QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Aquetuck Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
New Baltimore Limestone QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
New Baltimore Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Ravena Limestone QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Ravena Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Ravena QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Ravenna Quarry & Cement PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Coeymans Clay PitClayProducer

Every working recorded in Greene County

Storms near this property

14 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names New Baltimore, the town this property stands in, in 14 storm reports between 1996 and 2023: 5 thunderstorm wind, 3 flood, 2 flash flood, 2 hail. 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
May 1998Thunderstorm WindNew Baltimore$50,000no account filed
July 1996Flash FloodNew Baltimore$10,000no account filed
March 2008FloodNew Baltimore$9,000Heavy rain, along with frozen ground, led to flooding in portions of Greene county. In particular, at least 9 roads were closed between Coxsackie and New Baltimore due to flooding.
July 2023FloodNew Baltimore$5,000Route 144 WB/EB between Gill Road and Washington Ave had all lanes closed due to flooding.
July 2017LightningNew Baltimore$1,000A tree and wire were downed due to lightning.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindNew Baltimore-Route 144 was closed along the Albany and Greene County line near New Baltimore due to multiple downed trees.
May 2020Thunderstorm WindNew Baltimore-Trees and wires were downed in New Baltimore.
August 2018Heavy RainNew Baltimore-Heavy rain resulted in 1.78 inches.
August 2015HailNew Baltimore-Nickel size hail fell in the hamlet of New Baltimore during a thunderstorm.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindNew Baltimore-Multiple trees were reported down due to thunderstorm winds in New Baltimore.
June 2011HailNew Baltimore-Three inch diameter size hail was reported during a thunderstorm in New Baltimore.
August 2011FloodNew Baltimore-The New York State Thruway was closed due to numerous reports of flooding from Exit 24 (Milepost 145) to Exit 8 (Milepost 11).
August 2010Thunderstorm WindNew Baltimore-Trees and wires were reported down in New Baltimore due to strong thunderstorm winds.
July 2009Flash FloodNew Baltimore-County Route 61, also known as Main Street in New Baltimore, was closed due to flash flooding from very heavy rainfall.

Every storm recorded in Greene County

Maps showing this location

11 surveys

United 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.

Listed places nearby

6 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
Croswell-Parsons Paper Mill Ruin1.2 miles2008
Stanton Hill Cemetery4.5 miles2016
Van Bergen House4.9 miles1991
Peter Houghtaling Farm and Lime Kiln4.9 miles1986
Bronk-Silvester House6.2 miles2002
Village of Coxsackie Cemetery6.3 miles2021

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 96000139 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Greene CountyAll 101 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.