Jericho, 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 11753. The Survey maps it on the Hicksville quadrangle. 14,808 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 197 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 Jericho
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
Jericho Friends Meeting House Complexlisted 2002
Population over time
2 figuresJericho grew from 13,567 to 14,808 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 | 13,567 | |
| 2020 | 14,808 | +1,241 (+9%) |
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
671 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 671 fires within 5 miles of Jericho between 1993 and 2020, burning about 324 acres in total. 61 started naturally. 71 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 | 376 |
| Smoking | 78 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 71 |
| Natural | 61 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 31 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 27 |
| Debris and open burning | 16 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| 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 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 |
| 8 September 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 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 |
| 6 September 2016 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2.3 acres | 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 Jericho: 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
18 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Jericho in 18 storm reports between 1998 and 2024: 11 flash flood, 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jericho | $8,000 | Numerous trees were downed by high winds. |
| April 2017 | Lightning | Jericho | $5,000 | A lightning strike caused a house fire on Westwood Drive in Westwood Village near Westbury. |
| July 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jericho | $5,000 | Numerous trees were downed by thunderstorm winds. |
| August 2014 | Flash Flood | Jericho | $3,500 | All lanes were closed on the Northern State Parkway at exit 35 in Jericho due to flooding. Damage costs were provided by the Town of Oyster Bay for pump out operations and minor roof repairs. However, there was likely millions of dollars of damage in Nassau County as a result of this event. |
| September 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jericho | $750 | A large tree branch was downed at the intersection of the Northern State Parkway and Wantagh Parkway. |
| August 2024 | Flash Flood | Jericho | - | NY 25 eastbound is closed at Robbins Lane due to flooding. |
| August 2024 | Flash Flood | Jericho | - | NY 25 is closed in both directions at Cedar Swamp Road at Route 106 due to flooding. |
| September 2023 | Flash Flood | Jericho | - | Submerged vehicle in flood waters on Richmond Ave. Fire department responding. |
| September 2023 | Flash Flood | Jericho | - | Northern State Parkway westbound at Exit 34 is closed due to flooding. |
| September 2023 | Flash Flood | Jericho | - | Westbound lanes of Northern State Parkway are closed due to flooding at Exit 35 S. |
| September 2021 | Flash Flood | Jericho | - | The Northern State Parkway was closed westbound at Brush Hollow Road (Exit 34) in Westbury due to flooding. |
| August 2015 | Flash Flood | Jericho | - | All lanes were closed on the Northern State Parkway at Exit 35 for Route 106/107 in Jericho. |
| December 2014 | Flood | Jericho | - | The Northern State Pkwy. was impassable and closed in both directions at exit 35 in Jericho due to flooding. |
| July 2008 | Flash Flood | Jericho | - | The Long Island Expressway was closed at exit 43 (South Oyster Bay Rd.) due to flooding with cars stranded. |
| August 2008 | Flash Flood | Jericho | - | The Northern State Parkway was closed at exits 35 (Route 106/107) and 36 (S. Oyster Bay Rd.) due to flooding. |
| August 2008 | Flash Flood | Jericho | - | Various spots on Jericho Tpke. in Syosset were impassable due to flooding. |
| June 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jericho | - | Police reported that strong winds knocked over several trees. |
| June 1998 | Hail | Jericho | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hicksville | 1.8 miles | 35 | |
| Brookville | 2.1 miles | 35 | |
| Muttontown | 2.2 miles | 35 | |
| Locust Grove | 2.4 miles | 35 | |
| New Cassel | 2.8 miles | 35 | |
| Wheatley | 2.9 miles | 35 | |
| Westbury South | 3.0 miles | 35 | |
| Syosset | 3.1 miles | 35 |
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 Jericho | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3476975 | 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 954000. 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.












