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Germantown, New York

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Germantown town. It lies in ZIP code area 12526. The Survey maps it on the Cementon quadrangle. 1,121 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 135 feet above sea level.

Germantown within Columbia County

Then and now

1895 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 91 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Germantown, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Germantown, surveyed 1895

On record in Germantown

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 8 records

Population over time

2 figures

Germantown grew from 845 to 1,121 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
2010845
20201,121+276 (+33%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 27 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

117 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 117 fires within 5 miles of Germantown between 1992 and 2020, burning about 144 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 17 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/undetermined53
Debris and open burning17
Arson/incendiarism17
Equipment and vehicle use10
Natural8
Smoking5
Recreation and ceremony3
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
1 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
31 August 2004Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 August 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
29 August 2003Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
21 August 2006Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
19 August 2010Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 July 2017Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
4 July 2016Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Columbia County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 40 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 40 workings within 5 miles of Germantown: 22 past producers, 18 producers. 18 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Iron, Limestone, General, Sulfur. 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
Paul Blum Cementon PlantGypsum-AnhydriteProducer
Quarryville Blue Sandstone QuarryFlagstonePast Producer
Saugerties Blue Sandstone QuarryFlagstonePast Producer
Saxton Blue Sandstone QuarryFlagstonePast Producer
Malden On Hudson Clay PitClayProducer
Malden On Hudson Clay PitClayPast Producer
Smith's Landing Clay PitClayProducer
Smith's Landing Clay PitClayPast Producer
Alsen Limestone QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Alsen QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Columbia County

Storms near this place

21 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Germantown in 21 storm reports between 1994 and 2023: 14 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 2 flood, 1 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
April 1995Thunderstorm WindGermantown$300,000Severe thunderstorms moved across central and eastern New York during the late morning and early afternoon of the 4th ahead of a powerful cold front. At Norrie State Park in Staatsburg 75 to 100 trees were blown down. Central Hudson Electric and Gas Company reported over 16,000 customers without power during the height of the storms. Other areas hit hard by the storms were Livingston and Germantown in Columbia County where numerous trees were toppled some of which fell on homes.
May 2000LightningGermantown$5,000no account filed
July 1994Thunderstorm WindGermantown$5,000no account filed
December 2023FloodGermantown$2,000State Route 9G was closed in the Town of Clermont.
August 2003Thunderstorm WindGermantown$2,000no account filed
September 2023Thunderstorm WindGermantown-A couple of trees and wires were downed in the Town of Germantown.
July 2023HailGermantown-A trained spotter reported a quarter inch size hail near Germantown.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindNorth Germantown-Trees and wires were reported down on Hover Ave.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindGermantown-Trees were reported down across Route 9G.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindGermantown-A tree was downed onto a house on Hilltop Road.
January 2019FloodNorth Germantown-Route 9G was closed between Camp Creek Road and Maple Avenue due to flooding.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindGermantown-A tree and wires were downed on Viewmont Road in the town of Germantown.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindNorth Germantown-A tree was reported down.
August 2016Thunderstorm WindGermantown-A tree was reported down on Mountainview Road in Germantown due to thunderstorm winds.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindGermantown-Trees were reported down in Germantown due to thunderstorm winds.
June 2012HailGermantown-Quarter size hail was reported during a thunderstorm in Germantown.
June 2011HailGermantown-Quarter size hail was reported during a thunderstorm in Germantown.
June 2011HailGermantown-Half dollar size hail was reported during a thunderstorm in Germantown.
May 2007Thunderstorm WindGermantown-Thunderstorm winds downed trees, power lines and some power poles near Germantown.
July 2007Thunderstorm WindGermantown-A tree fell on a house in Germantown, due to strong thunderstorm winds.
August 2003Thunderstorm WindGermantown-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Columbia 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
Cheviot0.9 miles27
North Germantown1.6 miles27
Viewmonte2.6 miles27
Linlithgo3.5 miles27
Bingham Mills3.6 miles27
Burden3.8 miles27
Blue Store4.3 miles27
Oak Hill Landing4.7 miles27

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 GermantownAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3460417The 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 951036. 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.