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Montgomery, New York

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Montgomery town. It lies in ZIP code area 12549. It stands on Muddy Kill. The Survey maps it on the Walden quadrangle. 3,834 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 380 feet above sea level.

Montgomery within Orange County

Then and now

1903 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 83 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Montgomery, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Montgomery, surveyed 1903

On record in Montgomery

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 12 of 27 shown

Every listing in Orange County

Population over time

2 figures

Montgomery grew from 3,814 to 3,834 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
20103,814
20203,834+20 (+1%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 25 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

286 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 286 fires within 5 miles of Montgomery between 1993 and 2020, burning about 225 acres in total. 15 started naturally. 40 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/undetermined161
Arson/incendiarism40
Debris and open burning30
Smoking17
Natural15
Equipment and vehicle use8
Fireworks5
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Recreation and ceremony3
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Other causes1

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 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
6 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.5 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.5 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 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
4 September 2010Debris and open burningunder 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

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Montgomery: 3 producers, 2 past producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Grosso MaterialsStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Neelytown QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Campbell PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Highland Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Otter Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Orange County

Storms near this place

28 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Montgomery in 28 storm reports between 1994 and 2023: 13 thunderstorm wind, 8 hail, 3 lightning, 2 flash flood. The reports record 1 death and 1 injury. 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
July 2006LightningMontgomery1 killed, 1 hurtLightning struck 2 women that were playing golf near the Osiris Country Club in Montgomery, resulting in 1 death and 1 injury. The women were struck inside a shelter after running for cover.
July 2012LightningMontgomery$10,000Lightning hit a house in Montgomery damaging a chimney.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindMontgomery$10,000Many trees were reported down on cars and streets, as well as multiple utility poles and wires in Montgomery.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindMontgomery$5,000Multiple trees and power lines were reported down across the town of Montgomery.
June 2009LightningMontgomery$5,000Lightning struck a house at 65 O'Hare Road.
September 2023Thunderstorm WindMontgomery$3,000Wires down at 1224 Route 17K in Montgomery NY.
August 2017Thunderstorm WindMontgomery$2,000A tree fell on top of power lines on Ward Street in Montgomery.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindMontgomery$2,000A tree was reported down on a house on Charles Street.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindMontgomery$2,000A tree was reported down across Ward Street.
August 2017Thunderstorm WindMontgomery$1,500A tree was reported down on westbound New York State Route 17K near Union Street in Montgomery.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindMontgomery$1,000Wires were reported down 1 mile north of Montgomery at the intersection of River Road and Willow Lane.
August 2020HailMontgomery-A spotter reported quarter sized hail.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindMontgomery-Trained spotter estimated a 70 mph wind gust along with quarter sized hail.
March 2008Flash FloodMontgomery-Route 17 near Albany Post Rd. was closed due to flooding.
July 2007HailMontgomery-Coating of penny size hail.
June 2002Thunderstorm WindMontgomery-Spotters reported that strong winds knocked over several trees, that resulted in a disruption of power.
May 1994HailMontgomery-An isolated severe thunderstorm developed just ahead of an advancing cold front. Numerous reports of between 1/4 and 1/2 inch hail were received as this storm passed across southeastern New York. The dime-size hail in Montgomery was reported by a National Weather Service technician working outside at the time.
July 2011HailMontgomery-no account filed
June 2011HailMontgomery-no account filed
June 2011HailMontgomery-no account filed
August 2003Flash FloodMontgomery-no account filed
July 2001Thunderstorm WindMontgomery-no account filed
May 2000Thunderstorm WindMontgomery-no account filed
May 2000HailMontgomery-no account filed
September 2000Heavy RainMontgomery-no account filed
August 1999Thunderstorm WindMontgomery-no account filed
August 1999Funnel CloudMontgomery-no account filed
June 1998HailMontgomery-no account filed

Every storm 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
Scotts Corner1.9 miles25
Morrison Heights2.2 miles25
Kaisertown2.9 miles22
Berea3.0 miles25
Neelytown3.1 miles31
Maybrook3.2 miles31
Walden3.5 miles25
Allard Corners4.1 miles25

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 MontgomeryAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q11133498The 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 957558. 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.