Viewmonte, New York
27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Clermont town. It lies in ZIP code area 12526. It lies near Little Roundtop. The Survey maps it on the Clermont quadrangle.
Then and now
1895 to 1986The 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.


On record in Viewmonte
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.
Charles H. Coons Farmlisted 2015 · 0.4 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 27 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.
- 1895 USGS Catskill quadrangle1:62500, 10 printings
- 1934 USGS Catskill quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1938 USGS Catskill quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1941 USGS Catskill quadrangle1:62500
- 1948 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Clermont quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1986 USGS Pittsfield quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
165 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 165 fires within 5 miles of Viewmonte between 1992 and 2020, burning about 163 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 26 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 | 76 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 26 |
| Debris and open burning | 20 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 13 |
| Natural | 10 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 9 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 19 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 17 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 14 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 9 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.5 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 9 August 2010 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 8 August 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.5 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 21 August 2006 | Smoking | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 28 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 28 workings within 5 miles of Viewmonte: 15 past producers, 13 producers. 13 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General, Clay, Iron. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Blum Cementon Plant | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Producer | ||
| Saugerties Blue Sandstone Quarry | Flagstone | Past Producer | ||
| Burden No. 2 Carbonate Iron Mine | Iron, Sulfur | Producer | Calcite, Pyrite, Quartz, Siderite | |
| Burden No. 2 Carbonate Iron Mine | Iron, Sulfur | Past Producer | ||
| Malden On Hudson Clay Pit | Clay | Producer | ||
| Malden On Hudson Clay Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Parrs Shale Bank | Clay | Producer | ||
| Saugerties Pit | Clay | Producer | ||
| Smith's Landing Clay Pit | Clay | Producer | ||
| Smith's Landing Clay Pit | Clay | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
8 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Viewmonte in 8 storm reports between 2014 and 2023: 8 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Viewmonte | - | Road on North and South NY-9G at Old Road was closed due to a downed tree in the town of Clermont. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Viewmonte | - | A tree was reported down on a house. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Viewmonte | - | A tree was reported down. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Viewmonte | - | Trees and wires were downed on Church Avenue near Lasher Avenue in the town of Germantown. |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Viewmonte | - | Trees down on Cemetery Road. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Viewmonte | - | At least 100 trees were snapped halfway down in a path, along with a few cherry trees downed. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Viewmonte | - | A tree was downed on Route 9G in the town of Clermont due to thunderstorm winds. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Viewmonte | - | Trees and wires were reported down on Woods Road in Clermont due to thunderstorm winds. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bingham Mills | 2.4 miles | 27 | |
| Cheviot | 2.4 miles | 27 | |
| Germantown | 2.6 miles | 27 | |
| Clermont | 2.7 miles | 27 | |
| Blue Store | 3.1 miles | 27 | |
| Nevis | 3.1 miles | 27 | |
| North Germantown | 3.9 miles | 27 | |
| Manorton | 4.0 miles | 27 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122553701 | 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 968542. 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.










