Croton-on-Hudson, New York
36 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Cortlandt town. It lies in ZIP code area 10520. It lies near Nordica Hill. The Survey maps it on the Haverstraw quadrangle. 8,327 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 164 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 Croton-on-Hudson
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 5 records
Van Cortlandt ManorNational Historic Landmark · listed 1966
Asbury United Methodist Church and Bethel Chapel and Cemeterylisted 2000
Croton North Railroad Stationlisted 1987
St. Augustine's Episcopal Church Complexlisted 2006
Underhill-Acker Houselisted 2017
Population over time
2 figuresCroton-on-Hudson grew from 8,070 to 8,327 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 | 8,070 | |
| 2020 | 8,327 | +257 (+3%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
15 surveys from 36 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 Tarrytown quadrangle1:62500
- 1893 USGS Tarrytown quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1902 USGS Tarrytown quadrangle1:62500, 11 printings
- 1937 USGS Tarrytown quadrangle1:62500
- 1938 USGS Haverstraw quadrangle1:24000
- 1943 USGS Haverstraw quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
- 1947 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Haverstraw quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1965 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1967 USGS Haverstraw quadrangle1:24000
- 1979 USGS Haverstraw quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Bridgeport quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
599 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 599 fires within 5 miles of Croton-on-Hudson between 1993 and 2020, burning about 404 acres in total. 40 started naturally. 43 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 | 365 |
| Smoking | 55 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 43 |
| Natural | 40 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 29 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 28 |
| Debris and open burning | 23 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 9 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2009 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 8 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 8 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 8 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 8 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 5 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 4 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 30 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 30 workings within 5 miles of Croton-on-Hudson: 20 past producers, 4 occurrences, 4 prospects, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Emery, Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Lead. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nelson Property Deposit | Corundum | Prospect | ||
| Ossining Area | Vanadium, Lead | Occurrence | Vanadinite | |
| Peekskill Area | Titanium, Metal, Iron, Aluminum | Occurrence | ||
| Peekskill Area Prospect | Titanium, Aluminum, Iron | Prospect | ||
| Sing Sing Ag Mine | Lead, Silver, Iron, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Sing Sing Silver Mine | Lead, Copper, Silver, Iron, Chromium, Phosphorus-Phosphates | Past Producer | Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Malachite, Silver | |
| Stony Point Mill | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Past Producer | ||
| Haverstraw Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Haverstraw Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Clay Pit No. Hl-006 | Clay | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
14 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Croton-on-Hudson in 14 storm reports between 2000 and 2024: 11 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 flood. The reports record 1 death and 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2011 | Flood | Croton On Hudson | 1 killed, 1 hurt | A raft carrying five men capsized on the Croton River just south of Silver Lake Park shortly before 6 pm. The men were rescued from the raging river, which was moving at a speed of around 40 mph, but not before three of the rescue workers were tossed from their rescue boat and were swept under a trestle bridge just south of the Croton-Harmon station. The rescue workers were pulled from the water without injury. One man on the raft suffered from hypothermia after being forced to cling to a tree for 2 hours until he was rescued. Another was rushed to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Croton On Hudson | $75,000 | Multiple trees were reported down around Croton-on-Hudson, including on 4 homes and several cars. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Croton On Hudson | $3,000 | Multiple trees down on State Highway 9 in Croton-On-Hudson. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Croton On Hudson | $3,000 | Multiple tree limbs down throughout Croton-On-Hudson blocking roadways. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Croton On Hudson | $1,000 | Tree down on NY 129 west of Batten Road, all of 2 lanes closed. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Croton On Hudson | $1,000 | A large tree branch down. |
| August 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Croton On Hudson | $1,000 | A Tree branch down blocking Teatown Road. |
| August 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Croton On Hudson | $1,000 | A tree was reported down at the intersection of Croton Dam Road and Route 129 just northwest of Croton Gorge Park. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Croton On Hudson | $1,000 | A tree was reported down in Croton-On-Hudson. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Croton On Hudson | - | Public reports 1.5 inch hail. |
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Croton On Hudson | - | A 63 mile per hour gust was reported at the Croton-on-Hudson mesonet. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Croton On Hudson | - | The gust was measured at a location along the Hudson in Croton, NY. |
| August 2011 | Hail | Croton On Hudson | - | Quarter size hail was reported in Croton-On-Hudson. |
| June 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Croton On Hudson | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harmon | 0.6 miles | 36 | |
| Mount Airy | 0.9 miles | 36 | |
| Chimney Corners | 1.7 miles | 36 | |
| Oscawana | 1.8 miles | 36 | |
| Crotonville | 1.8 miles | 40 | |
| Woodybrook | 1.8 miles | 36 | |
| Crugers | 2.4 miles | 36 | |
| Glendale | 2.6 miles | 40 |
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 Croton-on-Hudson | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2876630 | 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 947832. 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.














