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Hudson, New York

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Hudson City. It lies in ZIP code area 12534. It lies near Parade Hill. The Survey maps it on the Hudson North quadrangle. 5,894 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 420 feet above sea level.

Hudson within Columbia County

Then and now

1893 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 93 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Hudson, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Hudson, surveyed 1893

On record in 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 12 of 16 shown

Every listing in Columbia County

Population over time

2 figures

Hudson fell from 6,713 to 5,894 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
20106,713
20205,894-819 (-12%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 25 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

291 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 291 fires within 5 miles of Hudson between 1992 and 2020, burning about 360 acres in total. 30 started naturally. 20 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/undetermined128
Debris and open burning49
Natural30
Smoking27
Equipment and vehicle use22
Arson/incendiarism20
Railroad operations and maintenance5
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Recreation and ceremony4
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
9 September 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2014Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2010Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
29 September 2020Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
28 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
26 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
24 September 2017Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
22 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Columbia County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 21 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 21 workings within 5 miles of Hudson: 10 producers, 10 past producers, 1 occurrence. 10 still produce. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Iron. 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
Diamond Hill DepositQuartzOccurrence
Fabiano PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Kearny PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Plass Hill Carbonate Iron MineIron, SulfurProducerCalcite, Pyrite, Quartz, Siderite
Plass Hill Carbonate Iron MineIron, SulfurPast Producer
Plass HillIronPast ProducerResidual
Brick Tavern-Mount Ida Limestone QuStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Brick Tavern-Mount Ida Limestone QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Catskill Limestone QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Catskill Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Columbia County

Storms near this place

36 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hudson in 36 storm reports between 1995 and 2023: 19 thunderstorm wind, 6 flood, 5 flash flood, 3 lightning. 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
December 2023FloodHudson$20,000Flooding of basements and businesses were reported in Hudson.
August 2003LightningHudson$10,000no account filed
June 2002LightningHudson$5,000no account filed
August 1995Thunderstorm WindHudson$4,000no account filed
December 2008FloodHudson$2,000Heavy rain resulted in flooding, leading to the closing of Route 9G near Hudson.
May 1996Thunderstorm WindHudson$2,000no account filed
December 2023FloodHudson$1,000Route 9G between Power Avenue and Mt Merino Road was closed due to flooding.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindHudson$1,000no account filed
August 2002LightningHudson$1,000no account filed
September 2023Thunderstorm WindHudson-Trees and wires were reported down in a few locations in the Town of Greenport and City of Hudson.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindHudson-Trees and wires were downed near the intersection of North Third Street and Warrant Street in Hudson.
April 2022FloodHudson-Route 9G was cut off when water cascading off Mount Merino collided with flooding from the swollen Hudson River at high tide.
October 2020Thunderstorm WindHudson-A pole was snapped and wires downed.
October 2020Thunderstorm WindHudson-A tree was downed onto wires.
October 2020Thunderstorm WindHudson-A pole was broken with wires downed.
December 2020FloodHudson-Flooding was reported on Route 9G in Greenport near Hudson.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindHudson-Two trees were downed.
August 2018Thunderstorm WindHudson-Trees and wires were downed and burning.
August 2018Thunderstorm WindHudson-Trees downed onto vehicles along Robinson Street.
September 2016Thunderstorm WindHudson-Trees were downed across State Route 9G near Mt. Merino Road in the town of Greenport due to thunderstorm winds.
September 2015FloodHudson-New York State Route 23B was closed in the town of Greenport between Middle Road the Hudson City Line due to flooding.
June 2014Flash FloodHudson-Thunderstorm heavy rain led to flash flooding in the city of Hudson. Many streets between Warren Street and Fairview Avenue (Route 9) were inundated with water and became impassable.
June 2014Flash FloodHudson-Thunderstorm heavy rainfall led to flash flooding in the town of Greenport. A portion of State Route 9G at Mount Merino Road was impassable due to high water.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindHudson-Trees and wires were reported down in Hudson due to thunderstorm winds.
May 2013Thunderstorm WindHudson-Multiple trees were reported down in the city of Hudson as a result of thunderstorm winds. In addition, the steeple of a church built in 1869 also collapsed as a result of thunderstorm winds.
June 2012Thunderstorm WindHudson-Numerous trees, utility poles and wires were downed due to thunderstorm wind gusts in Hudson. This resulted in a state of emergency to be issued for the City of Hudson and many area businesses closed early for the day.
August 2011HailHudson-Ping-pong ball to golf ball size hail was reported during a thunderstorm in Hudson.
August 2009Flash FloodHudson-Water was reported over Route 9G in Hudson due to heavy rainfall.
August 2007HailHudson-An observer in Greenport reported nickel size hail.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindHudson-Trees were reported down in Hudson, Austerlitz and Stuyvesant due to strong thunderstorm winds.
July 2005Thunderstorm WindHudson-Trees and wires were blown down.
August 2005Thunderstorm WindHudson-Trees blown down.
August 2005Thunderstorm WindHudson-Trees blown down.
August 2004Flash FloodHudson-In Greenport Center, Spook Rock Road (County Route 29) closed from County Route 23 to Route 9H due to flooding. In Hudson, South Third Street closed near Mount Merino.
August 2004HailHudson-3/4" hail observed in Greenport Center.
August 2003Flash FloodHudson-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Columbia 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
Oakdale0.6 miles25
Lorenz Park1.4 miles25
Greenport Center1.7 miles27
Cherry Hill3.3 miles27
Jutkosky Court3.5 miles23
Claverack3.6 miles23
Stottville3.6 miles21
Brick Tavern3.8 miles21

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 HudsonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1023499The 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 953386. 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.