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North Germantown, New York

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Germantown town. It lies in ZIP code area 12526. It lies near Bush Island. The Survey maps it on the Cementon quadrangle.

North Germantown within Columbia County

Then and now

1895 to 1986

The 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.

Topographic sheet of North Germantown, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of North Germantown, surveyed 1895

On record in North 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 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 27 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

195 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 195 fires within 5 miles of North Germantown between 1992 and 2020, burning about 274 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 24 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/undetermined72
Debris and open burning64
Arson/incendiarism24
Equipment and vehicle use14
Natural9
Smoking5
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Recreation and ceremony2
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
6 September 2010Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
30 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
26 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
16 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
11 September 2002Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
10 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
1 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
31 August 2004Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Columbia County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 44 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 44 workings within 5 miles of North Germantown: 24 past producers, 19 producers, 1 occurrence. 19 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sulfur, Limestone, General. 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
Diamond Hill DepositQuartzOccurrence
Paul Blum Cementon PlantGypsum-AnhydriteProducer
F.H. Stickles & Son S & G PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
F.H. Stickles & Son S & G Pit & MilSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Malden On Hudson Clay PitClayProducer
Malden On Hudson Clay PitClayPast Producer
Smith's Landing Clay PitClayProducer
Smith's Landing Clay PitClayPast Producer
Alsen Limestone QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Alsen QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Columbia County

Storms near this place

3 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names North Germantown in 3 storm reports between 2018 and 2023: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2023Thunderstorm WindNorth Germantown-Trees and wires were reported down on Hover Ave.
January 2019FloodNorth Germantown-Route 9G was closed between Camp Creek Road and Maple Avenue due to flooding.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindNorth Germantown-A tree was reported down.

Every storm recorded in Columbia 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
Germantown1.6 miles27
Linlithgo2.0 miles27
Cheviot2.5 miles27
Burden2.7 miles27
Oak Hill Landing3.1 miles27
Viewmonte3.9 miles27
Bingham Mills3.9 miles27
Greendale4.0 miles27

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 958791. 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.