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New City, New York

36 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Clarkstown town. It lies in ZIP code area 10956. The Survey maps it on the Haverstraw quadrangle. 34,135 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 157 feet above sea level.

New City within Rockland County

Then and now

1892 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 94 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of New City, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of New City, surveyed 1892

On record in New City

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 8 records

Population over time

2 figures

New City grew from 33,559 to 34,135 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
201033,559
202034,135+576 (+2%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 surveys from 36 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

2,409 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2,409 fires within 5 miles of New City between 2000 and 2020, burning about 1,806 acres in total. 121 started naturally. 197 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/undetermined1430
Smoking373
Arson/incendiarism197
Natural121
Recreation and ceremony93
Equipment and vehicle use92
Debris and open burning47
Misuse of fire by a minor38
Power generation/transmission/distribution18

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 2010Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 September 2009Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
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

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of New City: 6 past producers, 2 producers, 1 occurrence. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, Copper, Zirconium. 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
Ladentown Copper DepositCopper, ZirconiumOccurrence
Clay Pit No. Hl-009ClayPast Producer
Clay Pit No. Hl-009ClayPast Producer
Clay Pit No. Hl-010ClayPast Producer
Clay Pit No. Hl-010ClayPast Producer
Haverstraw QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Haverstraw QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
West Nyack QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
West Nyack Quarry and MillStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Rockland County

Storms near this place

22 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names New City in 22 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 18 thunderstorm wind, 2 flood, 2 hail. The reports record 1 injury. 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 2018Thunderstorm WindNew City1 hurt, $5,000A tree down on an occupied car on Laurel Road between Wayne Avenue and Capitol Court. Driver sustained a minor hand injury.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindNew City$10,000A large tree fell onto a house along Mill Creek Road in New City.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindNew City$5,000A tree was reported down on a house in New City.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindNew City$5,000Around a dozen trees and several power lines were reported down in New City, including across Route 304 and near Goebel Road.
September 2013Thunderstorm WindNew City$3,000Numerous trees, wires and poles were reported down around town.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindNew City$2,000A few trees and power lines were reported down in New City.
August 2012Thunderstorm WindNew City$1,000Numerous trees were downed on wires around New City.
August 2009Thunderstorm WindNew City$1,000A maple tree was reported snapped in half at 2 Ember Drive in New City.
April 2024HailNew City-Video showing hail with a few up to the size of quarters.
August 2011FloodNew City-Basement flooding occurred on Fernwood Dr. in New City.
October 2010FloodNew City-Congers Rd. at Main St. was closed due to flooding in New City. Rainfall totals ranged from 4.47 inches in West Nyack to 6.24 inches in Thiells.
July 2005Thunderstorm WindNew City-Trees and power lines down in New City and Stony Point.
October 2003Thunderstorm WindNew City-As a thunderstorm moved across Rockland County, it developed into a severe thunderstorm. This storm produced damaging winds that knocked several trees down in New City. This was reported by local police.
June 2002Thunderstorm WindNew City-Police reported that strong winds knocked down several trees and power lines.
August 2002Thunderstorm WindNew City-Local police reported several trees knocked over by this storm.
July 2011HailNew City-no account filed
August 2006Thunderstorm WindNew City-no account filed
May 2004Thunderstorm WindNew City-no account filed
September 2003Thunderstorm WindNew City-no account filed
June 1998Thunderstorm WindNew City-no account filed
April 1996Thunderstorm WindNew City-no account filed
October 1995Thunderstorm WindNew City-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
Durant0.8 miles36
Brownsell Corner1.1 miles36
New City Park1.2 miles33
Brookside Park1.6 miles36
Germonds1.9 miles39
Congers2.3 miles36
Centenary2.4 miles36
New Hempstead2.5 miles33

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 New CityAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3053698The 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 958400. 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.