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Nanuet, New York

37 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1995. It stands in Clarkstown town. It lies in ZIP code area 10954. The Survey maps it on the Park Ridge quadrangle.

Nanuet within Rockland County

Then and now

1891 to 1995

The 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.

Topographic sheet of Nanuet, surveyed 1995
Topographic sheet of Nanuet, surveyed 1891

Compare 1891 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

17 surveys from 37 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

2,238 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2,238 fires within 5 miles of Nanuet between 2000 and 2020, burning about 2,047 acres in total. 120 started naturally. 171 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/undetermined1323
Smoking356
Arson/incendiarism171
Natural120
Recreation and ceremony92
Equipment and vehicle use79
Debris and open burning51
Misuse of fire by a minor34
Power generation/transmission/distribution9
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Other causes1

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 2015Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
9 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
9 September 2015Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
9 September 2010Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
8 September 2016Recreation and ceremony6.3 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
8 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Rockland 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 Nanuet: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
West Nyack QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
West Nyack Quarry and MillStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Rockland County

Storms near this place

14 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Nanuet in 14 storm reports between 1997 and 2025: 5 hail, 5 flash flood, 4 thunderstorm wind. The reports record 1 death. 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
May 2018Thunderstorm WindNanuet1 killed, $5,000Tree fell on car on Red Schoolhouse Road killing an 80 year old woman inside.
August 2008Thunderstorm WindNanuet$500A tree was reported down in Nanuet.
July 2025Flash FloodNanuet-Fire department conducting a water rescue under an overpass on South Pascack Road.
July 2025Flash FloodNanuet-Upwards of a foot of water in a parking lot at Rockland Plaza resulting in partially submerged cars and stranding several cars and requiring towing for two vehicles.
July 2025Flash FloodNanuet-Upwards of a foot of water in a parking lot at Rockland Plaza resulting in partially submerged cars and stranding several cars and requiring towing for two vehicles.
September 2023HailNanuet-One inch hail reported in Nanuet.
July 2015HailNanuet-no account filed
July 2015HailNanuet-no account filed
July 2012HailNanuet-no account filed
October 2005Flash FloodNanuet-no account filed
October 2005Flash FloodNanuet-no account filed
May 1998Thunderstorm WindNanuet-no account filed
June 1997Thunderstorm WindNanuet-no account filed
June 1997HailNanuet-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Rockland 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
Oakbrook1.6 miles37
Bardonia1.7 miles39
Spring Valley Village1.8 miles37
Pearl River2.1 miles37
West Nyack2.2 miles39
Chestnut Ridge2.3 miles37
Spring Valley2.3 miles37
Germonds2.4 miles39

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 958250. 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.