Gardnertown, New York
26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Newburgh town. It lies in ZIP code area 12550. It lies near Cronomer Hill. The Survey maps it on the Newburgh quadrangle. 4,542 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 410 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1903 to 1986The same ground, surveyed 83 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


On record in Gardnertown
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
Silas Gardner Houselisted 1980
Population over time
2 figuresGardnertown grew from 4,373 to 4,542 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 4,373 | |
| 2020 | 4,542 | +169 (+4%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 26 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1903 USGS Newburg quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1903 USGS Newburgh quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1946 USGS Newburgh quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Newburgh North quadrangle1:24000
- 1950 USGS Scranton quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Scranton quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Newburgh quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Scranton quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Scranton quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Scranton quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Monticello quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
607 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 607 fires within 5 miles of Gardnertown between 1995 and 2020, burning about 433 acres in total. 27 started naturally. 53 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 | 387 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 53 |
| Smoking | 35 |
| Debris and open burning | 32 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 30 |
| Natural | 27 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 26 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Other causes | 3 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 7 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 6 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 6 September 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.5 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 6 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.5 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 6 September 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 5 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 5 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Gardnertown: 4 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Limestone Rock Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Limestone Rock Quarry No. Hj-021 | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Clay Pit No. Hj-023 | Clay | Producer | Clay | |
| Clay Pit No. Hj-023 | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Middle Hope Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Peller Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
14 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gardnertown in 14 storm reports between 2007 and 2023: 6 thunderstorm wind, 3 flood, 2 flash flood, 2 lightning. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2023 | Lightning | Gardnertown | $10,000 | House fire caused by lightning strike on Chestnut Lane. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gardnertown | $10,000 | Multiple calls to FD for trees and wires down in and around Gardnertown NY. |
| July 2020 | Lightning | Gardnertown | $6,000 | House struck by lightning at 6 Shady Lane. |
| August 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gardnertown | $5,000 | Multiple trees were reported down throughout Gardnertown. |
| August 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gardnertown | $2,000 | Wires down at Route 300 and Holts Corners Road. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gardnertown | $2,000 | Large tree branches were reported downed around the town of Gardnertown. |
| August 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gardnertown | $1,500 | Numerous large tree limbs were reported down on Gardnertown Road near Route 52. |
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gardnertown | $1,000 | Downed tree closed I-87 southbound about 2 miles before the Newburgh exit. |
| August 2013 | Flash Flood | Gardnertown | - | Eight inches of water was flowing down Union Ave. in Gardnertown. |
| August 2013 | Flash Flood | Gardnertown | - | The southbound lanes of Rt. 300, Union Ave., in Newburgh were closed near I-84 due to flooding. |
| August 2011 | Flood | Gardnertown | - | The New York State Thruway (I-87) was closed from the Rockland/Orange County line to exit 17 in Newburgh due to flooding. |
| August 2011 | Flood | Gardnertown | - | I-84 near exit 7 in Newburgh was closed due to flooding. |
| August 2009 | Funnel Cloud | Gardnertown | - | A funnel cloud was reported on North Plank Road near Cronomer Hill Park. |
| April 2007 | Flood | Gardnertown | - | no account filed |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meadow Winds | 0.5 miles | 26 | |
| Cronomer Valley | 1.3 miles | 26 | |
| Orange Lake | 1.5 miles | 26 | |
| Fostertown | 1.8 miles | 26 | |
| Glenwood Park | 1.8 miles | 26 | |
| Chadwick Estates | 2.2 miles | 26 | |
| East Coldenham | 2.3 miles | 26 | |
| Balmville | 2.9 miles | 26 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Gardnertown | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3461809 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 950902. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
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.










