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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.

Jericho within Nassau County

Then and now

1897 to 1984

The 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.

Topographic sheet of Jericho, surveyed 1984
Topographic sheet of Jericho, surveyed 1897

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

Population over time

2 figures

Jericho 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.

YearPeople Change
201013,567
202014,808+1,241 (+9%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 35 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

671 since 1993

Regional 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/undetermined376
Smoking78
Arson/incendiarism71
Natural61
Power generation/transmission/distribution31
Equipment and vehicle use27
Debris and open burning16
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Recreation and ceremony4
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2017Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
7 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresFire Department of New YorkNA
7 September 2013Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
6 September 2016Power generation/transmission/distribution2.3 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Nassau County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Atomergic Chemetals/Plainview, N.Y.ThoriumUnknown
Controlled Castings/Plainview, N.Y.ThoriumUnknown

Every working recorded in Nassau County

Storms near this place

18 since 1998

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2009Thunderstorm WindJericho$8,000Numerous trees were downed by high winds.
April 2017LightningJericho$5,000A lightning strike caused a house fire on Westwood Drive in Westwood Village near Westbury.
July 2009Thunderstorm WindJericho$5,000Numerous trees were downed by thunderstorm winds.
August 2014Flash FloodJericho$3,500All 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 2016Thunderstorm WindJericho$750A large tree branch was downed at the intersection of the Northern State Parkway and Wantagh Parkway.
August 2024Flash FloodJericho-NY 25 eastbound is closed at Robbins Lane due to flooding.
August 2024Flash FloodJericho-NY 25 is closed in both directions at Cedar Swamp Road at Route 106 due to flooding.
September 2023Flash FloodJericho-Submerged vehicle in flood waters on Richmond Ave. Fire department responding.
September 2023Flash FloodJericho-Northern State Parkway westbound at Exit 34 is closed due to flooding.
September 2023Flash FloodJericho-Westbound lanes of Northern State Parkway are closed due to flooding at Exit 35 S.
September 2021Flash FloodJericho-The Northern State Parkway was closed westbound at Brush Hollow Road (Exit 34) in Westbury due to flooding.
August 2015Flash FloodJericho-All lanes were closed on the Northern State Parkway at Exit 35 for Route 106/107 in Jericho.
December 2014FloodJericho-The Northern State Pkwy. was impassable and closed in both directions at exit 35 in Jericho due to flooding.
July 2008Flash FloodJericho-The Long Island Expressway was closed at exit 43 (South Oyster Bay Rd.) due to flooding with cars stranded.
August 2008Flash FloodJericho-The Northern State Parkway was closed at exits 35 (Route 106/107) and 36 (S. Oyster Bay Rd.) due to flooding.
August 2008Flash FloodJericho-Various spots on Jericho Tpke. in Syosset were impassable due to flooding.
June 2002Thunderstorm WindJericho-Police reported that strong winds knocked over several trees.
June 1998HailJericho-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Nassau 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
Hicksville1.8 miles35
Brookville2.1 miles35
Muttontown2.2 miles35
Locust Grove2.4 miles35
New Cassel2.8 miles35
Wheatley2.9 miles35
Westbury South3.0 miles35
Syosset3.1 miles35

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 JerichoAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3476975The 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.