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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.

Gardnertown within Orange County

Then and now

1903 to 1986

The 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.

Topographic sheet of Gardnertown, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Gardnertown, surveyed 1903

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

Population over time

2 figures

Gardnertown 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.

YearPeople Change
20104,373
20204,542+169 (+4%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 26 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

607 since 1995

Regional 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/undetermined387
Arson/incendiarism53
Smoking35
Debris and open burning32
Equipment and vehicle use30
Natural27
Recreation and ceremony26
Power generation/transmission/distribution7
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Other causes3
Fireworks3

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 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
7 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2004Arson/incendiarism2.5 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.5 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
5 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Orange County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Limestone Rock QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Limestone Rock Quarry No. Hj-021StonePast Producer
Clay Pit No. Hj-023ClayProducerClay
Clay Pit No. Hj-023ClayPast Producer
Middle Hope PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Peller PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Orange County

Storms near this place

14 since 2007

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2023LightningGardnertown$10,000House fire caused by lightning strike on Chestnut Lane.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindGardnertown$10,000Multiple calls to FD for trees and wires down in and around Gardnertown NY.
July 2020LightningGardnertown$6,000House struck by lightning at 6 Shady Lane.
August 2017Thunderstorm WindGardnertown$5,000Multiple trees were reported down throughout Gardnertown.
August 2018Thunderstorm WindGardnertown$2,000Wires down at Route 300 and Holts Corners Road.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindGardnertown$2,000Large tree branches were reported downed around the town of Gardnertown.
August 2009Thunderstorm WindGardnertown$1,500Numerous large tree limbs were reported down on Gardnertown Road near Route 52.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindGardnertown$1,000Downed tree closed I-87 southbound about 2 miles before the Newburgh exit.
August 2013Flash FloodGardnertown-Eight inches of water was flowing down Union Ave. in Gardnertown.
August 2013Flash FloodGardnertown-The southbound lanes of Rt. 300, Union Ave., in Newburgh were closed near I-84 due to flooding.
August 2011FloodGardnertown-The New York State Thruway (I-87) was closed from the Rockland/Orange County line to exit 17 in Newburgh due to flooding.
August 2011FloodGardnertown-I-84 near exit 7 in Newburgh was closed due to flooding.
August 2009Funnel CloudGardnertown-A funnel cloud was reported on North Plank Road near Cronomer Hill Park.
April 2007FloodGardnertown-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Orange County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Meadow Winds0.5 miles26
Cronomer Valley1.3 miles26
Orange Lake1.5 miles26
Fostertown1.8 miles26
Glenwood Park1.8 miles26
Chadwick Estates2.2 miles26
East Coldenham2.3 miles26
Balmville2.9 miles26

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 GardnertownAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3461809The 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.