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Germantown, New York

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1997. It stands in Port Jervis City. It lies in ZIP code area 12771. It lies near Delaware River Gorge. The Survey maps it on the Port Jervis North quadrangle.

Germantown within Orange County

Then and now

1906 to 1997

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 1997
Topographic sheet of Germantown, surveyed 1906

Compare 1906 against another survey:

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 within a mile 3 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 23 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

281 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 281 fires within 5 miles of Germantown between 1994 and 2020, burning about 279 acres in total. 15 started naturally. 35 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/undetermined115
Arson/incendiarism35
Debris and open burning35
Equipment and vehicle use24
Misuse of fire by a minor21
Smoking16
Natural15
Recreation and ceremony9
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Other causes5

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 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2005Missing 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
21 September 2016Other causesunder an acreNew Jersey Forest Fire Servicenot named
21 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
20 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
19 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
11 September 2002Arson/incendiarismunder 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

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Germantown: 3 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Delaware Valley Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Port Jervis Pit and PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Sandford Nearpass QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast Producer1868, 1900
William Nearpass QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast Producer1868, 1900

Every working 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
Port Jervis0.8 miles23
Sparrow Bush1.7 miles23
Tristates1.8 miles24
Huguenot4.7 miles23
Cahoonzie4.8 miles23
Smith Corners4.8 miles22
Greenville4.9 miles22
Shin Hollow5.0 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 951035. 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.