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Carmel, New York

35 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Carmel town. It lies in ZIP code area 10512. It lies near Mount Pisgah. The Survey maps it on the Lake Carmel quadrangle. 33,576 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 646 feet above sea level.

Carmel within Putnam County

Then and now

1892 to 1986

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 Carmel, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Carmel, surveyed 1892

On record in Carmel

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 3 records

Population over time

2 figures

Carmel fell from 34,305 to 33,576 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
201034,305
202033,576-729 (-2%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 35 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

371 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 371 fires within 5 miles of Carmel between 1993 and 2020, burning about 388 acres in total. 32 started naturally. 52 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/undetermined163
Arson/incendiarism52
Smoking39
Debris and open burning35
Natural32
Power generation/transmission/distribution16
Equipment and vehicle use13
Recreation and ceremony11
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Other causes3

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
8 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
6 September 2010Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
30 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
25 September 2015Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
24 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.2 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
22 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
21 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Putnam County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 29 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 29 workings within 5 miles of Carmel: 21 past producers, 5 prospects, 3 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Copper, Sulfur, Arsenic, Iron, Sulfur. 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
Croton Magnetite Iron MinesIron, CopperPast Producer1880
Marble Rock Quarry No. 6kMarble, DimensionPast Producer
Marble Rock Quarry No. Gk-011Stone, DimensionPast Producer
Putnam County Arsenic MineArsenic, Sulfur, Iron, CopperPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Pyrite
Putnam County Arsenic MineArsenic, Copper, Iron, SulfurPast Producer
Tilly FosterMolybdenumOccurrenceMagnetite, Molybdenite
Hobby Pyritiferous OreIron, SulfurProspect
Hobby Pyritiferous Ore OpeningIron, SulfurPast ProducerUnknown
Putman Co. As MineArsenic, Iron, SulfurPast ProducerVein
Towners Pyrite DepositSulfurOccurrence

Every working recorded in Putnam County

Storms near this place

20 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Carmel in 20 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 16 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail. The reports record 7 injuries. 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 1997Thunderstorm WindCarmel7 hurtno account filed
August 2020Thunderstorm WindCarmel$10,000Numerous trees and power lines down through the town.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindCarmel$7,500Multiple trees and wires were reported down throughout Carmel.
August 2009Thunderstorm WindCarmel$7,500Numerous trees were reported down throughout town.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindCarmel$3,000Trees down with wires on Belden Road.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindCarmel$2,000Trees and wires down along Route 52 with at least one power pole snapped.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindCarmel$2,000Numerous trees were downed.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindCarmel-Downed trees and power lines.
June 2006Thunderstorm WindCarmel-Trees and power lines downed by thunderstorm winds.
May 2004HailCarmel-As a cluster of severe thunderstorms moved east over Putnam County, spotters in Carmel and Brewster reported nickel size hail.
August 2002Thunderstorm WindCarmel-Local police reported that many trees in Brewster had been knocked over. In Carmel, severe winds toppled a tree on top of a vehicle parked in a driveway. Approximately 25,000 customers suffered a power interruption due to this storm.
June 2002Thunderstorm WindCarmel-Police reported that strong winds knocked down several trees and power lines.
July 1994Thunderstorm WindCarmel-Hail and wind damage was reported as thunderstorms moved across southeastern New York.
July 2012HailCarmel-no account filed
August 2012HailCarmel-no account filed
August 2006Thunderstorm WindCarmel-no account filed
May 2005HailCarmel-no account filed
June 2000Thunderstorm WindCarmel-no account filed
June 2000Thunderstorm WindCarmel-no account filed
August 1997Thunderstorm WindCarmel-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Putnam 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
Fosters Corners1.1 miles35
Carmel Hills1.8 miles35
Tilly Foster1.9 miles35
Lake Carmel2.2 miles35
Field Corners2.2 miles35
Crafts2.8 miles35
Kent Corners2.8 miles35
Brewster Heights3.0 miles35

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 CarmelAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1013504The 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 945857. 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.