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Harriman, New York

32 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Woodbury town. It lies in ZIP code area 10926. It lies near Adria Hill. The Survey maps it on the Monroe quadrangle. 2,714 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 538 feet above sea level.

Harriman within Orange County

Then and now

1902 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 84 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Harriman, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Harriman, surveyed 1902

On record in Harriman

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 1 record

Population over time

2 figures

Harriman grew from 2,424 to 2,714 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
20102,424
20202,714+290 (+12%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 32 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

1,153 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1,153 fires within 5 miles of Harriman between 1993 and 2020, burning about 1,079 acres in total. 27 started naturally. 116 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/undetermined471
Debris and open burning377
Arson/incendiarism116
Misuse of fire by a minor73
Equipment and vehicle use44
Natural27
Smoking20
Recreation and ceremony15
Other causes5
Fireworks3
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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 2015Recreation and ceremony16 acresNew York Forest RangersISLAND POND
8 September 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
7 September 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
7 September 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
7 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2000Arson/incendiarism2.5 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Orange County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Harriman: 9 past producers, 2 occurrences, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Mica, Gemstone. 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
Fall Hill Wernerite DepositGemstoneOccurrence
Arden Mica DepositMicaOccurrence
Lake Winade Mica MineMicaPast Producer
Blooming Grove PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
High Mills Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
High Mills Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Highland Mills PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Bull MineIronPast Producer
Clove MineIronPast Producer
Forest of Dean MineIronPast ProducerMagnetite

Every working recorded in Orange County

Storms near this place

10 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Harriman in 10 storm reports between 1996 and 2023: 4 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 2 hail, 1 funnel cloud. 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 2012Thunderstorm WindHarriman$5,000A tree fell on a house on South Main Street outside of Harriman.
July 2023Flash FloodHarriman-Vehicle submerged on Larkin Drive. Fire department attempting to rescue.
May 2004Thunderstorm WindHarriman-As a severe thunderstorm moved east, it produced high winds that damaged an inn's roof, downed power lines, and trees. Based on the Times-Herald Record serving Orange County, "The most significant damage was reported at the American Budget Inn off Route 17. About 70 percent of the inn's roof was dragged off by the violent winds and then tossed across the eastbound lanes of Route 17." Trees were downed along several streets in the Village of Harriman including River Road, Brookside Drive, and Melody Lane.
May 2004HailHarriman-A trained spotter reported penny size hail.
August 2004Thunderstorm WindHarriman-Trees were downed. A power pole was downed, which caused power outages.
May 2004Thunderstorm WindHarriman-no account filed
May 2004Flash FloodHarriman-no account filed
August 2003Flash FloodHarriman-no account filed
May 1998Funnel CloudHarriman-no account filed
July 1996HailHarriman-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Orange 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
Silver Maples0.5 miles32
Newburgh Junction0.8 miles32
Hillside Plaza1.7 miles32
Central Valley2.0 miles35
Arden2.4 miles32
Overlook Estates2.5 miles32
Kiryas Joel2.6 miles32
Monroe2.7 miles32

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 HarrimanAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1586185The 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 952253. 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.