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Johnstown, New York

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Johnstown City. It lies in ZIP code area 12095. It stands on Hale Creek. The Survey maps it on the Gloversville quadrangle. 8,204 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 673 feet above sea level.

Johnstown within Fulton County

Then and now

1903 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 82 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Johnstown, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Johnstown, surveyed 1903

On record in Johnstown

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

Johnstown fell from 8,743 to 8,204 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
20108,743
20208,204-539 (-6%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 22 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

285 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 285 fires within 5 miles of Johnstown between 1993 and 2020, burning about 237 acres in total. 20 started naturally. 37 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/undetermined147
Arson/incendiarism37
Debris and open burning34
Natural20
Smoking15
Misuse of fire by a minor12
Equipment and vehicle use7
Recreation and ceremony6
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Railroad operations and maintenance2

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
9 September 2001Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
7 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
7 September 2007Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2007Missing 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
3 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
29 September 2017Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
26 September 2009Misuse of fire by a minor2.8 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Fulton 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 Johnstown: 2 producers, 1 occurrence, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Platinum, Nickel, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gemstone. 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
Crystal Grove Diamond MineGemstoneProducer1955
FondaPlatinum, NickelOccurrenceUnknown
Santos Construction PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Twin Cities Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Fulton County

Storms near this place

41 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Johnstown in 41 storm reports between 1994 and 2026: 24 thunderstorm wind, 9 hail, 4 flash flood, 2 tornado. The reports record 2 injuries. 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
May 1998Thunderstorm WindJohnstown2 hurt, $30,000no account filed
May 2002Tornado (F1)Johnstown$200,000no account filed
August 2001Flash FloodJohnstown$100,000no account filed
September 1998Thunderstorm WindJohnstown$100,000no account filed
August 2003Flash FloodJohnstown$50,000no account filed
June 2004Thunderstorm WindJohnstown$25,000Numerous trees and power lines down.
December 2000Flash FloodJohnstown$19,000no account filed
August 2000Thunderstorm WindJohnstown$15,000no account filed
August 2003Flash FloodJohnstown$10,000no account filed
July 2001Thunderstorm WindJohnstown$10,000no account filed
May 2003Thunderstorm WindJohnstown$5,000no account filed
June 1994Thunderstorm WindJohnstown$5,000no account filed
September 1998LightningJohnstown$4,000no account filed
April 2026Thunderstorm WindJohnstown-Local law enforcement reported a tree and wires down on West State Street in the town of Johnstown. This damage was likely caused by an outflow boundary as it occurred away from the main storm.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindJohnstown-Trees and wires were downed in Johnstown.
August 2021Thunderstorm WindJohnstown-A tree was downed in the City of Johnstown.
August 2021Thunderstorm WindJohnstown-Multiple trees and branches were downed around the City of Johnstown. Large branches were downed along with a trampoline blown onto Route 29 near Earl Street. Two trees were snapped on Route 29, one near West Green Street and another near Hall Avenue.
May 2020Thunderstorm WindJohnstown-Trees and wires were downed.
October 2020Thunderstorm WindJohnstown-A tree was downed.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindJohnstown-A tree was downed on Old State Road.
August 2019Tornado (EF0)Johnstown-The National Weather Service survey team confirmed an EF0 tornado in Johnstown, NY. The team found a small area where damage was consistent with a tornado with the damage extending from Johnson Ave to Pleasant Ave. Damage was confined to uprooted trees. The estimated maximum wind speed was 80 to 85 mph.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindJohnstown-Multiple trees were downed with damage to a barn.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindJohnstown-A tree was downed onto wires.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindJohnstown-Severe thunderstorm winds resulted in a continuous swath of tree damage along Baker and Briggs Streets between Pleasant Avenue and Route 30A. The damage swath was around 75 yards wide and three quarters of a mile long, consisting of numerous hardwood trees snapped and pine trees uprooted. The trees were all pointing in the same direction.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindJohnstown-A tree and wires fell on a vehicle.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindJohnstown-A large tree was reported to be uprooted in Johnstown due to thunderstorm winds.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindJohnstown-Trees and wires were reported down near the intersection of West State Street and Hall Avenue in Johnstown due to thunderstorm winds.
June 2011HailJohnstown-Quarter size hail was reported during a thunderstorm in Johnstown.
September 2011FloodJohnstown-Route 30A in Johnstown between Route 29 and Route 67 and Route 67 from the Johnstown City line to Route 5 were closed due to flooding.
June 2011HailJohnstown-Nickel size hail was reported during a thunderstorm in Johnstown.
June 2007HailJohnstown-Golf ball size hail fell four miles west southwest of Johnstown.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindJohnstown-Trees and wires were down due to strong thunderstorm winds in and near Johnstown.
June 2007HailJohnstown-Quarter size hail was reported in Johnstown.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindJohnstown-Trees and wires were reported down in Johnstown due to strong thunderstorm winds.
June 2007HailJohnstown-Quarter size hail fell in Johnstown on Route 30A.
December 2006Thunderstorm WindJohnstown-Trees were reported down due to thunderstorm winds in Johnstown.
May 2004HailJohnstown-Hail on County Route 10.
August 2004Thunderstorm WindJohnstown-Trees reported down throughout city. Power lines down along Route 30A and North Perry Street caused police to shut down portions of those roads for a brief time, and also caused several hundred households to lose power.
July 2021HailJohnstown-no account filed
May 2002HailJohnstown-no account filed
July 2001HailJohnstown-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Fulton 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
Hale Mills2.0 miles22
Gloversville3.4 miles22
Meco3.5 miles21
Sammonsville3.7 miles21
Berkshire3.9 miles22
Smiths Corners4.0 miles21
Kingsboro4.4 miles22
Progress4.5 miles22

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 JohnstownAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1377991The 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 954147. 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.