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Hurley, New York

30 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1997. It stands in Hurley town. It lies in ZIP code area 12443. The Survey maps it on the Kingston West quadrangle. 3,346 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 197 feet above sea level.

Hurley within Ulster County

Then and now

1901 to 1997

The same ground, surveyed 96 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Hurley, surveyed 1997
Topographic sheet of Hurley, surveyed 1901

Compare 1901 against another survey:

On record in Hurley

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 2 records

Population over time

2 figures

Hurley fell from 3,458 to 3,346 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
20103,458
20203,346-112 (-3%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 30 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

448 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 448 fires within 5 miles of Hurley between 1992 and 2020, burning about 521 acres in total. 22 started naturally. 49 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/undetermined227
Smoking92
Arson/incendiarism49
Debris and open burning28
Natural22
Equipment and vehicle use13
Recreation and ceremony10
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Misuse of fire by a minor3

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
7 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
7 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
6 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
4 September 2009Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 September 2015Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreNew York Forest RangersNICHOLSON FIRE
29 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
26 September 2018Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
26 September 2016Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Ulster 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 Hurley: 8 past producers, 4 producers, 1 unknown. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General, Abrasive. 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 Productions/ Clifton, N.J.AbrasiveUnknown
EddyvilleBloating MaterialProducerSedimentary
Eddyville Clay PitClayPast Producer
Kingston QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Stony Hollow Quarry and MillLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Dwyer PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Dwyer Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
H. Franco and Son Sand and Stone CoSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Hudson Stone Quarry & Cement PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Kingston QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Ulster County

Storms near this place

28 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hurley in 28 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 22 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 1 lightning, 1 flood. 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 2022Tornado (EF1)Hurley$28,000The Albany NWS Survey Team confirmed an EF-1 tornado touched down near Hurley Avenue. The tornado touched down near Hurley Avenue (Route 29) between Davis Street and Hillside Drive. The tornado moved southeast to just west of the NY State Thruway crossing a subdivision where it uprooted and snapped trees, displaced a car canopy and removed some shingles from a house. Many homes were damaged by fallen trees. Aerial photos showed a swath of downed trees from a second vortex which |moved along the northeast edge of the subdivision.
May 2000LightningWest Hurley$25,000no account filed
May 1993Thunderstorm WindWest Hurley$5,000no account filed
September 1993Thunderstorm WindHurley$5,000no account filed
May 1998Thunderstorm WindHurley$2,000no account filed
August 1997Thunderstorm WindHurley$1,000no account filed
July 2025Thunderstorm WindHurley-Trees and wires were downed near Lucas Avenue at Heritage Drive near the Town of Hurley.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindWest Hurley-Trees and wires were downed on Ryan Drive.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindWest Hurley-A tree was in the road near Route 28 and Zena Road.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindHurley-Multiple trees and large limbs were downed in the Town of Hurley.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindHurley-A tree was downed on Zandhoek Road between Joys Lane and Summit Avenue in the Town of Hurley.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindHurley-Wires were reported down on Ridgewood Avenue.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindHurley-Route 209 at Marbletown Road was closed due to a fallen tree and downed wires.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindHurley-A tree was reported down on a house.
May 2021Thunderstorm WindHurley-Trees were downed in Hurley.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindWest Hurley-Power poles and wires were downed on Rowe Road.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindHurley-Wires were downed onto a vehicle at Hurley Mountain Road and Dug Hill Road.
February 2017Thunderstorm WindNew Hurley-A tree was knocked down on Plains Road at New Hurley Road.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindHurley-Trees and wires were down on Hillside Avenue and Lucas Road Extension in Hurley due to thunderstorm winds.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindHurley-Trees and wires were downed between Hurley Mountain Road and the Hillside section of Hurley due to thunderstorm winds.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindWest Hurley-Trees and wires were reported down in West Hurley due to thunderstorm winds.
January 2010FloodHurley-Widespread flooding was reported and significant runoff continued across Ulster County.
June 2008HailHurley-Quarter size hail was reported in Hurley during a thunderstorm.
February 2006Thunderstorm WindHurley-Trees and wires were blown down in Hurley during a thunderstorms. Portions of Route 28 were closed due to trees blocking the roadway.
November 2004Thunderstorm WindWest Hurley-Trees and wires down.
November 2004Thunderstorm WindHurley-Trees and wires down.
May 1995HailWest Hurley-no account filed
July 1995HailWest Hurley-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Ulster 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
Rolling Meadows0.5 miles30
Riverside Park1.0 miles30
Hillside1.5 miles30
Eddyville2.8 miles30
Wiltwyck Gardens2.9 miles30
Whiteport2.9 miles30
New Salem3.1 miles30
Wilbur3.2 miles30

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 HurleyAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q961730The 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 953520. 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.