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Monticello, New York

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Thompson town. It lies in ZIP code area 12701. The Survey maps it on the Monticello quadrangle. 7,173 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,512 feet above sea level.

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Monticello within Sullivan County

Then and now

1909 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 77 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Monticello, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Monticello, surveyed 1909

On record in Monticello

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 5 records

Population over time

2 figures

Monticello grew from 6,726 to 7,173 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
20106,726
20207,173+447 (+7%)

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

224 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 224 fires within 5 miles of Monticello between 1992 and 2020, burning about 220 acres in total. 18 started naturally. 10 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
Smoking96
Missing data/not specified/undetermined48
Debris and open burning24
Natural18
Arson/incendiarism10
Power generation/transmission/distribution10
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Equipment and vehicle use7
Recreation and ceremony3

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
24 September 2016Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
23 September 2010Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
21 September 2007Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
11 September 2008Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
1 September 2010Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 August 1999Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
6 August 2016Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
27 August 2012Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sullivan County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Monticello: 5 producers, 4 past producers. 5 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
Bridgeville QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Bridgeville Quarry and MillStone, Crushed/BrokenPast ProducerSedimentary
Mongaup Valley PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Mongaup Valley Pit and PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Monticello Black Top PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Simenitsky Brothers PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Simenitsky Brothers Pit and PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
William Cooper PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
William Cooper Pit and PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Sullivan County

Storms near this place

39 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Monticello in 39 storm reports between 1994 and 2021: 25 thunderstorm wind, 9 hail, 2 tornado, 2 flash flood. 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
September 1996Tornado (F1)Monticello1 hurt, $500,000no account filed
September 1996Tornado (F1)Monticello1 hurt, $500,000no account filed
November 1994Thunderstorm WindMonticello$50,000Severe thunderstorm winds downed large trees, wires and poles along the shore of Swinging Bridge Reservoir during the evening hours of November 1st. In addition a light weight metal dock was blown over and ten boats and a single engine plane were overturned.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindMonticello$20,000Numerous trees were blown down in the central part of the county.
August 1995Thunderstorm WindMonticello$12,000no account filed
August 2020Thunderstorm WindMonticello$10,000Strong thunderstorm winds brought down trees and wires.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindMonticello$10,000Strong thunderstorm winds brought down several trees and wires.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindMonticello$10,000Trees and wires were blown down county-wide.
July 2005LightningMonticello$10,000Several homes were struck by lightning.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindMonticello$5,000Strong thunderstorm winds brought down a tree on top of a vehicle.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindMonticello$5,000A severe thunderstorm produced severe winds as it moved across the area. The thunderstorm resulted in sporadic trees and wires being knocked down across the city and near Mountain Dale.
May 2012Thunderstorm WindMonticello$5,000Numerous trees were blown down.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindMonticello$5,000Numerous trees were blown down in and around Monticello.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindMonticello$5,000Trees and power lines were blown down countywide. Numerous power outages were reported in the Monticello and Liberty areas. Damage was first reported shortly after 2 pm, with reports continuing through 430 pm.
November 2006Flash FloodMonticello$5,000Roads flooded.
June 2004Thunderstorm WindMonticello$5,000Thunderstorm winds downed trees over road.
July 1994Thunderstorm WindMonticello$5,000A slow moving cold front moved into the eastern Great Lakes late in the day on July 24th resulting in severe thunderstorms across parts of the Susquehanna and Western Catskill regions of New York. Thunderstorm winds downed trees and powerlines resulting in more than 3,000 customers being left without electricity. In Chenango Forks a couple was struck by lightning at their home resulting in minor injuries.
July 2005Thunderstorm WindMonticello$5,000no account filed
May 1995Thunderstorm WindMonticello$5,000no account filed
June 2021Thunderstorm WindMonticello$3,000Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down trees and wires.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindMonticello$3,000Trees and power lines were blown down. A patio tent was blown into the road. Pea size hail also fell.
December 2006Thunderstorm WindMonticello$3,000Trees and wires were blown down.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindMonticello$2,000Strong thunderstorm winds brought down a tree and wires.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindMonticello$2,000Numerous trees were blown down in Hortonville, Callicoon, Jeffersonville, Monticello and Rock Hill.
August 2009Thunderstorm WindMonticello$1,000Trees were blown down into the east bound lane of Route 17 between exits 101 and 102.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindMonticello-Trees and wires were blown down.
May 2004HailMonticello-0.75 inch hail.
March 2002Thunderstorm WindMonticello-Trees and wires down. Also reported in Hankins.
May 2000Thunderstorm WindMonticello-Trees and wires down from thunderstorm winds.
July 1999Thunderstorm WindMonticello-Scattered trees and a few powerlines were downed by strong winds from the central to northeast part of the county.
June 1998Flash FloodMonticello-Severe thunderstorms and continually redeveloping cells across the same general areas produced extensive flash flooding in the Monticello area during the evening. A skywarn spotter just south of Monticello measured nearly 3 inches of rain in less than an hour's time and close to 5 inches for that evening period. Emergency management personnel reported severe flooding on Route 17 coming into Monticello from the west. Law enforcement officials were forced to close this portion of the highway for several hours as more than 3 feet of water covered the roadway. Other local roadways and side streets in Monticello were also blocked off due to high water conditions. Water levels gradually receded by late evening as rainfall diminished.
July 2020HailMonticello-no account filed
August 2015HailMonticello-no account filed
July 2010HailMonticello-no account filed
June 2009HailMonticello-no account filed
June 2009HailMonticello-no account filed
June 2008HailMonticello-no account filed
May 2006HailMonticello-no account filed
July 1995HailMonticello-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Sullivan 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
Kiamesha Lake2.4 miles25
Maplewood2.8 miles25
Coopers Corners3.4 miles23
Thompsonville3.5 miles25
Bridgeville4.0 miles24
Melody Lake4.4 miles24
Harris4.5 miles25
Saint Josephs4.7 miles24

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 MonticelloAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q432255The 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 957561. 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.