Hicksville, New York
35 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Oyster Bay town. It lies in ZIP code area 11801. The Survey maps it on the Hicksville quadrangle. 43,869 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 148 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1897 to 1984The same ground, surveyed 87 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


On record in Hicksville
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
Heitz Place Courthouselisted 1974
Population over time
2 figuresHicksville grew from 41,547 to 43,869 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 | 41,547 | |
| 2020 | 43,869 | +2,322 (+6%) |
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.
- 1897 USGS Oyster Bay quadrangle1:62500
- 1898 USGS Oyster Bay quadrangle1:62500
- 1900 USGS Oyster Bay quadrangle1:62500, 15 printings
- 1947 USGS Hicksville quadrangle1:24000
- 1949 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Hicksville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1967 USGS Hicksville quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1969 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Long Island West quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
887 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 887 fires within 5 miles of Hicksville between 1993 and 2020, burning about 417 acres in total. 63 started naturally. 109 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 | 526 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 109 |
| Smoking | 97 |
| Natural | 63 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 32 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 29 |
| Debris and open burning | 17 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| 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 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 9 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 9 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 9 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 9 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 9 September 2005 | Smoking | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 7 September 2013 | Arson/incendiarism | 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
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Hicksville: 2 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Thorium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atomergic Chemetals/Plainview, N.Y. | Thorium | Unknown | ||
| Controlled Castings/Plainview, N.Y. | Thorium | Unknown |
Storms near this place
8 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hicksville in 8 storm reports between 2002 and 2020: 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 hail. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hicksville | $20,000 | Numerous trees were reported down in Hicksville, damaging at least one car. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hicksville | $7,000 | Trees were reported down through fences on Radcliffe Court. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hicksville | $1,000 | Large tree down at the intersection of High Street and Circle Drive. Time estimated by radar. |
| July 2020 | Flash Flood | Hicksville | - | The entrance ramp was closed due to flooding westbound on the Northern State Parkway at Exit 36S (South Oyster Bay Road) in Syosset. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hicksville | - | A large tree was reported down across the Southern Ramp of Exit 36 on the Northern State Parkway. |
| August 2008 | Hail | Hicksville | - | Penny size hail was reported. |
| September 2004 | Flash Flood | Hicksville | - | Torrential rains caused flash flooding on the Long Island Expressway. |
| August 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hicksville | - | Local police reported a large tree down from this storm. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jericho | 1.8 miles | 35 | |
| Westbury South | 2.2 miles | 35 | |
| Swedetown Village | 2.4 miles | 32 | |
| Salisbury | 2.4 miles | 29 | |
| New Cassel | 2.4 miles | 35 | |
| Bethpage | 2.8 miles | 33 | |
| Levittown | 3.0 miles | 29 | |
| Plainview | 3.1 miles | 32 |
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 Hicksville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3452166 | 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 952707. 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.












