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.
Then and now
1906 to 1997The 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.


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.
Fort Deckerlisted 1974 · 0.2 miles away
US Post Office-Port Jervislisted 1989 · 0.8 miles away
Erie Railroad Stationlisted 1980 · 0.9 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 23 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.
- 1906 USGS Port Jervis quadrangle1:62500
- 1908 USGS Port Jervis quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1942 USGS Port Jervis North quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Port Jervis North quadrangle1:31680
- 1950 USGS Scranton quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Scranton quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Scranton quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Scranton quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Scranton quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1969 USGS Port Jervis North quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Middletown quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1992 USGS Port Jervis North quadrangle1:24000
- 1997 USGS Port Jervis North quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
281 since 1994Regional 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/undetermined | 115 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 35 |
| Debris and open burning | 35 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 24 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 21 |
| Smoking | 16 |
| Natural | 15 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6 |
| Other causes | 5 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 September 2005 | 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 |
| 21 September 2016 | Other causes | under an acre | New Jersey Forest Fire Service | not named |
| 21 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 20 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 19 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 11 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 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
4 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delaware Valley Sand & Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Port Jervis Pit and Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Sandford Nearpass Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | 1868, 1900 | |
| William Nearpass Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | 1868, 1900 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Port Jervis | 0.8 miles | 23 | |
| Sparrow Bush | 1.7 miles | 23 | |
| Tristates | 1.8 miles | 24 | |
| Huguenot | 4.7 miles | 23 | |
| Cahoonzie | 4.8 miles | 23 | |
| Smith Corners | 4.8 miles | 22 | |
| Greenville | 4.9 miles | 22 | |
| Shin Hollow | 5.0 miles | 19 |
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.












