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.
Then and now
1892 to 1986The 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.


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
Gilead Cemeterylisted 1988
Putnam County Courthouselisted 1976
Reed Memorial Librarylisted 1980
Population over time
2 figuresCarmel 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 34,305 | |
| 2020 | 33,576 | -729 (-2%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 35 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.
- 1892 USGS Carmel quadrangle1:62500
- 1893 USGS Carmel quadrangle1:62500
- 1894 USGS Carmel quadrangle1:62500, 8 printings
- 1928 USGS Carmel quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1943 USGS Lake Carmel quadrangle1:24000
- 1944 USGS Lake Carmel quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
- 1947 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Lake Carmel quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1965 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Bridgeport quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
371 since 1993Regional 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/undetermined | 163 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 52 |
| Smoking | 39 |
| Debris and open burning | 35 |
| Natural | 32 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 16 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 13 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 11 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 7 |
| Other causes | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 6 September 2010 | Smoking | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 5 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 30 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 25 September 2015 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 24 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.2 acres | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 22 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 21 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 29 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Croton Magnetite Iron Mines | Iron, Copper | Past Producer | 1880 | |
| Marble Rock Quarry No. 6k | Marble, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Marble Rock Quarry No. Gk-011 | Stone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Putnam County Arsenic Mine | Arsenic, Sulfur, Iron, Copper | Past Producer | Chalcopyrite, Pyrite | |
| Putnam County Arsenic Mine | Arsenic, Copper, Iron, Sulfur | Past Producer | ||
| Tilly Foster | Molybdenum | Occurrence | Magnetite, Molybdenite | |
| Hobby Pyritiferous Ore | Iron, Sulfur | Prospect | ||
| Hobby Pyritiferous Ore Opening | Iron, Sulfur | Past Producer | Unknown | |
| Putman Co. As Mine | Arsenic, Iron, Sulfur | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Towners Pyrite Deposit | Sulfur | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
20 since 1994Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carmel | 7 hurt | no account filed |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carmel | $10,000 | Numerous trees and power lines down through the town. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carmel | $7,500 | Multiple trees and wires were reported down throughout Carmel. |
| August 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carmel | $7,500 | Numerous trees were reported down throughout town. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carmel | $3,000 | Trees down with wires on Belden Road. |
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carmel | $2,000 | Trees and wires down along Route 52 with at least one power pole snapped. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carmel | $2,000 | Numerous trees were downed. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carmel | - | Downed trees and power lines. |
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carmel | - | Trees and power lines downed by thunderstorm winds. |
| May 2004 | Hail | Carmel | - | As a cluster of severe thunderstorms moved east over Putnam County, spotters in Carmel and Brewster reported nickel size hail. |
| August 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carmel | - | 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 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carmel | - | Police reported that strong winds knocked down several trees and power lines. |
| July 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carmel | - | Hail and wind damage was reported as thunderstorms moved across southeastern New York. |
| July 2012 | Hail | Carmel | - | no account filed |
| August 2012 | Hail | Carmel | - | no account filed |
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carmel | - | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Hail | Carmel | - | no account filed |
| June 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carmel | - | no account filed |
| June 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carmel | - | no account filed |
| August 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carmel | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fosters Corners | 1.1 miles | 35 | |
| Carmel Hills | 1.8 miles | 35 | |
| Tilly Foster | 1.9 miles | 35 | |
| Lake Carmel | 2.2 miles | 35 | |
| Field Corners | 2.2 miles | 35 | |
| Crafts | 2.8 miles | 35 | |
| Kent Corners | 2.8 miles | 35 | |
| Brewster Heights | 3.0 miles | 35 |
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 Carmel | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1013504 | 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 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.












