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Haverstraw, New York

36 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Haverstraw town. It lies in ZIP code area 10927. It lies near South Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Haverstraw quadrangle. 12,323 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 30 feet above sea level.

Haverstraw within Rockland 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 Haverstraw, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Haverstraw, surveyed 1892

On record in Haverstraw

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 4 records

Population over time

2 figures

Haverstraw grew from 11,910 to 12,323 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
201011,910
202012,323+413 (+3%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 surveys from 36 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

1,099 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1,099 fires within 5 miles of Haverstraw between 1995 and 2020, burning about 1,666 acres in total. 48 started naturally. 91 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/undetermined722
Smoking94
Arson/incendiarism91
Natural48
Recreation and ceremony45
Equipment and vehicle use39
Debris and open burning27
Power generation/transmission/distribution18
Misuse of fire by a minor15

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
9 September 2016Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
9 September 2009Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
8 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
8 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
7 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Rockland County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 19 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Haverstraw: 13 past producers, 3 producers, 2 prospects, 1 occurrence. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Emery, Titanium, Metal, Iron, Aluminum. 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
Peekskill AreaTitanium, Metal, Iron, AluminumOccurrence
Peekskill Area ProspectTitanium, Aluminum, IronProspect
Stony Point MillGypsum-AnhydritePast Producer
Montrose Emery ProspectsEmeryPast ProducerCorundum, Hematite, Ilmenite, Magnetite, Pyrite, Spinel
Montrose Emery ProspectsEmeryProspect
Haverstraw QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Haverstraw QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Tompkins Cove QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Tompkins Cove QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Clay Pit No. Hl-006ClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Rockland County

Storms near this place

14 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Haverstraw in 14 storm reports between 2001 and 2024: 9 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 lightning, 1 flash 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 2001LightningHaverstraw1 hurtno account filed
July 2024Thunderstorm WindWest Haverstraw$7,500Tree on home on Broadway Street in Haverstraw.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindWest Haverstraw$4,000Three trees were reported down in West Haverstraw, across Samsondale Avenue, South Central Highway, and at the intersection of Route 9W and Gurnee Avenue.
August 2013Thunderstorm WindWest Haverstraw$4,000A partial roof collapse was reported at a building located on Railroad Avenue.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindWest Haverstraw$3,000Trees and wires down on US 9W southbound between Gurnee Avenue and Short Clove Road.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindWest Haverstraw$3,000Trees and powerlines down in Haverstraw reported on social media and on scanners.
August 2013Thunderstorm WindWest Haverstraw$3,000Part of a roof was torn off of an apartment building in Village on the Green.
August 2013Thunderstorm WindWest Haverstraw$2,000Numerous trees were reported down across the town, with some trees on houses.
August 2013Thunderstorm WindWest Haverstraw$1,000Multiple trees were reported down along Overlook Road just west of Highway 9W.
June 2017HailWest Haverstraw-Quarter size hail was reported in Haverstraw.
August 2011Flash FloodWest Haverstraw-The public reported flash flooding along Route 9W in Haverstraw, where it was closed due to flash flooding.
July 2011Funnel CloudWest Haverstraw-A funnel cloud was reported near the intersection of Railroad Avenue and Route 9W near West Haverstraw.
June 2004Thunderstorm WindHaverstraw-Trees down
July 2014HailWest Haverstraw-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Rockland 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
Samsondale1.0 miles36
Centenary1.4 miles36
West Haverstraw1.4 miles36
Garnerville1.6 miles36
Lake Lucille1.8 miles36
Brookside Park2.1 miles36
Felters Corners2.4 miles33
Stony Point2.5 miles36

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 HaverstrawAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2891324The 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 952388. 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.