Johnsonville, New York
30 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Pittstown town. It lies in ZIP code area 12094. It stands on Wampecack Creek. The Survey maps it on the Schaghticoke quadrangle. It stands 377 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1893 to 1989The same ground, surveyed 96 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


On record in Johnsonville
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 3 records
- Baum-Wallis Farmsteadlisted 2013
- Cannon-Brownell-Herrington Farmsteadlisted 2013
- Thomas-Wiley-Abbott Farmsteadlisted 2012
Topographic sheets covering this place
14 surveys from 30 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.
- 1893 USGS Cohoes quadrangle1:62500
- 1895 USGS Cohoes quadrangle1:62500
- 1898 USGS Cohoes quadrangle1:62500, 8 printings
- 1929 USGS Cohoes quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1947 USGS Cohoes quadrangle1:62500
- 1948 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Cohoes quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Schaghticoke quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Albany quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Albany quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
139 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 139 fires within 5 miles of Johnsonville between 1997 and 2020, burning about 110 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 25 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 | 75 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 25 |
| Debris and open burning | 18 |
| Natural | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2002 | Other causes | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 4 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 29 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 22 September 2009 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 16 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 August 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 23 August 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 2 August 2002 | Natural | 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
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Johnsonville: 3 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burrello Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| East of Tomhannock Limestone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Quarry | Limestone, General | Producer | Limestone | |
| Unnamed Quarry | Limestone, General | Producer | Limestone | |
| West of Tomhannock Limestone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
6 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Johnsonville in 6 storm reports between 1993 and 2019: 6 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Johnsonville | $10,000 | no account filed |
| August 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Johnsonville | $5,000 | no account filed |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Johnsonville | - | Trees and wires downed. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Johnsonville | - | Numerous trees and wires were down and many other trees uprooted by strong thunderstorm winds across rural northern Rensselaer County. |
| August 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Johnsonville | - | Several large tree limbs were reported down in Johnsonville due to strong thunderstorm winds. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Johnsonville | - | Trees were reported down due to strong thunderstorm winds in Johnsonville. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Millertown | 0.6 miles | 30 | |
| Diamondwood Estates | 1.4 miles | 29 | |
| Valley Falls | 2.7 miles | 30 | |
| East Pittstown | 2.8 miles | 29 | |
| Tomhannock | 3.5 miles | 28 | |
| Schaghticoke | 3.9 miles | 30 | |
| East Buskirk | 4.7 miles | 29 | |
| West Hoosick | 4.8 miles | 29 |
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 Johnsonville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6268557 | 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 954145. 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.













