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Argyle, New York

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Argyle town. It lies in ZIP code area 12809. It stands on Gillis Brook. The Survey maps it on the Cossayuna quadrangle. 289 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 285 feet above sea level.

Argyle within Washington County

Then and now

1895 to 1989

The same ground, surveyed 94 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Argyle, surveyed 1989
Topographic sheet of Argyle, surveyed 1895

Population over time

2 figures

Argyle fell from 306 to 289 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
2010306
2020289-17 (-6%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 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

138 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 138 fires within 5 miles of Argyle between 1992 and 2020, burning about 232 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 13 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/undetermined54
Debris and open burning33
Arson/incendiarism13
Power generation/transmission/distribution9
Equipment and vehicle use8
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Natural6
Recreation and ceremony5
Smoking3

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
19 September 2011Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
14 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
12 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
1 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
28 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
23 August 2018Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
22 August 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
13 August 2016Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Washington County

Storms near this place

50 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Argyle in 50 storm reports between 1993 and 2024: 32 thunderstorm wind, 8 flash flood, 3 hail, 3 flood. The reports record 1 injury. 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
June 2003LightningSouth Argyle1 hurtno account filed
April 2001WildfireArgyle$95,000A person in Argyle, Washington County was burning his trash during the afternoon of April 16. The wind increased, causing the fire get out of control. The tinder had dried out enough for the fire to spread quickly. 34 acres of land were scorched and a hay barn destroyed. Flames reached as high as 10 feet. There was still too much mud underneath to allow fire engines to be moved across the fields. Therefore, the fire was extinquished by hand. It was considered the worst brush fire in Washington County in at least seven years.
June 2003Thunderstorm WindSouth Argyle$50,000no account filed
July 1994Thunderstorm WindArgyle$50,000no account filed
August 2001Thunderstorm WindArgyle$25,000no account filed
July 2021Flash FloodArgyle$20,000The Dollar General store was flooded in the Village of Argyle.
September 2021LightningNorth Argyle$20,000Lightning caused a fire at a private residence.
July 2021FloodArgyle$10,000Basement flooding was observed along East Street in the Village of Argyle.
July 2021Flash FloodArgyle$10,000County Farm Road was washed out in the Town of Argyle due to flash flooding.
July 1999Thunderstorm WindArgyle$6,000no account filed
July 2021Flash FloodArgyle$5,000A driveway was washed out in the Village of Argyle.
July 2021Flash FloodSouth Argyle$5,000Hunter Road between Williams Road and Moore Road in the Town of Fort Edward was washed out due to flash flooding.
July 2021FloodArgyle$5,000Basement flooding was observed along Lick Springs Road near the Town of Argyle.
July 1994Thunderstorm WindArgyle$5,000no account filed
July 1994Thunderstorm WindArgyle$5,000no account filed
August 1993Thunderstorm WindArgyle$5,000no account filed
July 1997Thunderstorm WindArgyle$3,000no account filed
July 1997Thunderstorm WindArgyle$3,000no account filed
July 1999HailArgyle$2,000no account filed
August 1998Thunderstorm WindArgyle$2,000no account filed
July 1999Thunderstorm WindArgyle$1,000no account filed
June 2024Thunderstorm WindArgyle-A downed tree fell on a house near Argyle.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindArgyle-An emergency manager reported several instances of downed trees and wires in the town of Argyle on West Road and Sheridan Street.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindArgyle-Trees and wires were downed throughout the Town of Argyle including on Elm Street, Moore Road, Pleasant Valley Road, South Valley Road, Street Road, County Route 48, Lohret Road, Holmes Road, East Lake Road, Hemlocks Lane, Summit Lake Road and County Farm Road.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindArgyle-Multiple tree branches were reported down.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindSouth Argyle-Tree limbs were reported down near MC Neil Road and Lick Springs Road near Argyle, NY.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindSouth Argyle-There was a down tree reported north of Greenwich.
August 2022Thunderstorm WindSouth Argyle-A tree was downed along Route 40 between Coach Road Spur and County Farm Road near Argyle.
August 2022Thunderstorm WindSouth Argyle-Trees and wires were downed along County Route 49 between Saunders Road and State Route 40.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindArgyle-A tree was down blocking County Route 47 in the Town of Argyle.
July 2021FloodSouth Argyle-Moore Road remained closed in the Town of Argyle due to flooding.
July 2021Debris FlowArgyle-A portion of State Route 40 in the Village of Argyle was impassable due to a tree and rock slide.
July 2021Flash FloodSouth Argyle-Water covered the road along a portion of County Route 49 in the Town of Argyle.
July 2021Flash FloodSouth Argyle-Moore Road was closed in the Town of Argyle due to flash flooding.
September 2021Thunderstorm WindNorth Argyle-A tree was reported down on Tripp Road.
May 2020Thunderstorm WindSouth Argyle-Trees and wires were downed on Coon Road.
May 2020Thunderstorm WindSouth Argyle-Trees and wires were downed on County Route 49.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindArgyle-Tree and wires downed onto a vehicle on West Road.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindArgyle-A tree was downed, blocking the road on Route 40 north of Lick Springs Road.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindArgyle-Numerous trees were downed in the town of Argyle.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindArgyle-In the town of Argyle, multiple trees were downed, a roof was partially torn off, and a barn was damaged.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindNorth Argyle-A tree was reported down on Hinds Road.
August 2017Thunderstorm WindArgyle-A tree was down across a roadway.
July 2017Flash FloodNorth Argyle-Mahaffey Road was closed at Hinds Road due to flooding. Tilford Road was also closed.
August 2016Thunderstorm WindSouth Argyle-A tree was downed at the intersection of Route 40 and Route 49 in South Argyle due to thunderstorm winds.
June 2013HailArgyle-Quarter size hail from a thunderstorm was reported one mile south of Argyle.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindArgyle-Multiple trees were reported down in Argyle as a result of thunderstorm winds.
September 2013Thunderstorm WindArgyle-Widespread trees and power lines were reported down through Arygle and the surrounding areas as a result of thunderstorm winds.
June 2011HailArgyle-Golf ball size hail was reported during a thunderstorm in Argyle.
August 2004Flash FloodArgyle-Water over State Route 40.

Every storm recorded in Washington 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
Durkeetown2.2 miles27
North Argyle2.4 miles29
South Argyle3.7 miles27
Goose Island3.8 miles29
Lick Springs4.0 miles27
King Edward Knolls4.8 miles29
Cossayuna5.1 miles27
Fort Edward5.3 miles29

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 ArgyleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3461130The 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 942550. 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.

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.