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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.

Viewmonte 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 Viewmonte, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Viewmonte, surveyed 1895

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.

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

165 since 1992

Regional 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/undetermined76
Arson/incendiarism26
Debris and open burning20
Equipment and vehicle use13
Natural10
Misuse of fire by a minor9
Smoking6
Recreation and ceremony3
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
29 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
19 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
17 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
14 September 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.5 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 August 2010Natural2.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 August 2005Equipment and vehicle use2.5 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
21 August 2006Smokingunder 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 28 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Paul Blum Cementon PlantGypsum-AnhydriteProducer
Saugerties Blue Sandstone QuarryFlagstonePast Producer
Burden No. 2 Carbonate Iron MineIron, SulfurProducerCalcite, Pyrite, Quartz, Siderite
Burden No. 2 Carbonate Iron MineIron, SulfurPast Producer
Malden On Hudson Clay PitClayProducer
Malden On Hudson Clay PitClayPast Producer
Parrs Shale BankClayProducer
Saugerties PitClayProducer
Smith's Landing Clay PitClayProducer
Smith's Landing Clay PitClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Columbia County

Storms near this place

8 since 2014

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2023Thunderstorm WindViewmonte-Road on North and South NY-9G at Old Road was closed due to a downed tree in the town of Clermont.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindViewmonte-A tree was reported down on a house.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindViewmonte-A tree was reported down.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindViewmonte-Trees and wires were downed on Church Avenue near Lasher Avenue in the town of Germantown.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindViewmonte-Trees down on Cemetery Road.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindViewmonte-At least 100 trees were snapped halfway down in a path, along with a few cherry trees downed.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindViewmonte-A tree was downed on Route 9G in the town of Clermont due to thunderstorm winds.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindViewmonte-Trees and wires were reported down on Woods Road in Clermont due to thunderstorm winds.

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
Bingham Mills2.4 miles27
Cheviot2.4 miles27
Germantown2.6 miles27
Clermont2.7 miles27
Blue Store3.1 miles27
Nevis3.1 miles27
North Germantown3.9 miles27
Manorton4.0 miles27

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 Q122553701The 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.