Vermontville, New York
25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1999. It stands in Franklin town. It lies in ZIP code area 12989. It lies near Norman Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Bloomingdale quadrangle. It stands 1,644 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1902 to 1999The same ground, surveyed 97 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1902 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 25 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.
- 1902 USGS Saranac quadrangle1:62500
- 1904 USGS Saranac quadrangle1:62500, 10 printings
- 1948 USGS Ogdensburg quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1951 USGS Ogdensburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Ogdensburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Saranac Lake quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1961 USGS Ogdensburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Bloomingdale quadrangle1:25000
- 1985 USGS Tupper Lake quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1999 USGS Bloomingdale quadrangle1:25000
Fires near this place
25 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 25 fires within 5 miles of Vermontville between 2001 and 2020, burning about 34 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 2 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 | 15 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 14 September 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 13 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 10 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.1 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 10 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.1 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 10 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.1 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 29 August 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | FRANKLIN FALLS POND FIRE |
| 28 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.9 acres | 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 Vermontville: 4 past producers, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Granite, Iron, Graphite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Franklin Falls Prospect | Graphite | Prospect | ||
| Tremble Property Deposit | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Bloomingdale Station Quarry | Granite | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Quarry | Granite | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Quarry | Granite | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
7 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Vermontville in 7 storm reports between 2000 and 2021: 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 flash 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2006 | Flash Flood | Vermontville | $25,000 | no account filed |
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vermontville | $20,000 | Trees and wires downed by thunderstorm winds. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vermontville | $10,000 | Scattered trees down across Vermontville and Bloomingdale. |
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vermontville | $10,000 | no account filed |
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vermontville | - | Trees downed by thunderstorm winds. |
| July 2016 | Hail | Vermontville | - | Slightly larger than quarter-size hail was reported. |
| June 2000 | Hail | Vermontville | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Onchiota | 4.2 miles | 25 | |
| Franklin Falls | 5.2 miles | 27 | |
| Merrillsville | 5.7 miles | 17 | |
| Rainbow Lake | 5.8 miles | 25 | |
| Harrietstown | 6.2 miles | 25 | |
| Gabriels | 6.3 miles | 25 | |
| Loon Lake | 6.9 miles | 17 | |
| Alder Brook | 7.8 miles | 18 |
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 Vermontville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7921824 | 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 968491. 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.









