Monsey, New York
37 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1995. It stands in Ramapo town. It lies in ZIP code area 10952. The Survey maps it on the Park Ridge quadrangle. 26,954 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 548 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1891 to 1995The same ground, surveyed 104 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1891 against another survey:
On record in Monsey
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
Houser-Conklin Houselisted 2010
Population over time
2 figuresMonsey grew from 18,412 to 26,954 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 | 18,412 | |
| 2020 | 26,954 | +8,542 (+46%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
17 surveys from 37 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.
- 1891 USGS Ramapo quadrangle1:62500
- 1893 USGS Ramapo quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
- 1910 USGS Ramapo quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
- 1931 USGS Ramapo quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1931 USGS Ramapo quadrangle1:48000
- 1934 USGS Park Ridge quadrangle1:24000
- 1938 USGS Ramapo quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1939 USGS Park Ridge quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
- 1945 USGS Park Ridge quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Scranton quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Scranton quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Park Ridge quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Scranton quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Scranton quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Scranton quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Middletown quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1995 USGS Park Ridge quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
2,037 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2,037 fires within 5 miles of Monsey between 1994 and 2020, burning about 2,452 acres in total. 94 started naturally. 168 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 | 1153 |
| Smoking | 354 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 168 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 98 |
| Natural | 94 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 72 |
| Debris and open burning | 50 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 32 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 14 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
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 2015 | Smoking | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 9 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 9 September 2010 | Smoking | 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 2001 | Smoking | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 8 September 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | 6.3 acres | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 8 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Monsey: 3 producers, 2 past producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Ivy Pit and Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Mount Ivy Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Suffern Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| West Nyack Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| West Nyack Quarry and Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Monsey in 4 storm reports between 2003 and 2025: 3 flash flood, 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2021 | Lightning | Monsey | $6,000 | House struck by lightning with smoke coming from the electric panel with fire department dispatched. |
| July 2025 | Flash Flood | Monsey | - | Monsey Fire Department and Stony Point Dive team requested for a car stuck in flooding with an 82 year old trapped. |
| September 2021 | Flash Flood | Monsey | - | Elaine Place in Monsey was closed due to flooding. |
| August 2003 | Flash Flood | Monsey | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kaser | 0.7 miles | 37 | |
| Spring Valley | 1.3 miles | 37 | |
| Tallman | 1.7 miles | 37 | |
| Spring Valley Village | 1.9 miles | 37 | |
| Hillcrest | 1.9 miles | 33 | |
| Viola | 1.9 miles | 33 | |
| Chestnut Ridge | 2.0 miles | 37 | |
| New Square | 2.4 miles | 33 |
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 Monsey | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2917470 | 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 957535. 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.
















