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North Creek, New York

26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Johnsburg town. It lies in ZIP code area 12853. It stands on North Creek. The Survey maps it on the North Creek quadrangle. 562 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,030 feet above sea level.

North Creek within Warren County

Then and now

1895 to 1989

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 North Creek, surveyed 1989
Topographic sheet of North Creek, surveyed 1895

On record in North Creek

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

North Creek fell from 616 to 562 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
2010616
2020562-54 (-9%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 26 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

61 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 61 fires within 5 miles of North Creek between 2001 and 2020, burning about 67 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 2 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/undetermined36
Natural7
Recreation and ceremony4
Equipment and vehicle use4
Smoking3
Arson/incendiarism2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Debris and open burning1

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
7 September 2016Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
28 September 2014Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
21 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
21 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
15 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
19 August 2002Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
19 August 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNew York Forest RangersNORTH CREEK FIRE
17 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Warren 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 North Creek: 4 past producers, 2 prospects, 2 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Garnet, Sulfur-Pyrite, Feldspar, Mica, Quartz, Feldspar. 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
Oven Mountain MineGarnet, Sulfur-Pyrite, FeldsparPast Producer1897, 1925
Unnamed OccurrenceGarnet, Mica, Quartz, FeldsparOccurrence1925, 1975
Unnamed OccurrenceGranite, Quartz, MicaOccurrenceGranite, Mica, Quartz
Barton Mine & MillGarnetProducer
Botheration Pond Deposit AGarnetProspect
Botheration Pond Deposit BGarnetProspect
Oven Mountain DepositGarnetPast Producer
Rexford DepositGarnetPast Producer
Rexford MineGarnetPast Producer1892, 1897

Every working recorded in Warren County

Storms near this place

13 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names North Creek in 13 storm reports between 1993 and 2024: 5 flood, 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 flash 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
October 2019FloodNorth Creek$202,000There were 22 roads in the Town of Chester damaged by flooding.
December 2023FloodNorth Creek$5,000Bird Pond Road was reported closed due to flooding.
August 1993Thunderstorm WindNorth Creek$5,000no account filed
July 1997Thunderstorm WindNorth Creek$2,000no account filed
August 2024HailNorth Creek-Via social media, a member of the public reported up to 1 inch diameter size hail in North Creek.
November 2019FloodNorth Creek-The Hudson River at North Creek reached moderate flood stage between 0404EST 1 November and 0152EST 2 November, cresting at 11.83 feet at 1100EST 1 November. The high waters cut off homes along East Hudson River Drive, prompting at least one evacuation.
July 2014Tornado (EF0)North Creek-A National Weather Service Storm Survey determined that a brief EF0 tornado occurred in the village of North Creek. The tornado was accompained by a microburst, which occurred to the south of the tornado track. The tornado tracked for about one mile, beginning near Route 28 in North Creek and moved north-northeast. The tornado lifted after crossing the Hudson River on Bird Pond Road. Most of the damage occurred to hardwood and softwood trees along the path, with the only damage to structures due to fallen trees. Video evidence of the tornado was provided by a local resident through emergency services.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindNorth Creek-A COOP Observer reported trees were downed due to thunderstorm winds in North Creek.
April 2011FloodNorth Creek-The Hudson River at North Creek rapidly rose due to runoff from the very heavy rainfall from thunderstorms. This resulted in up to 4 feet of water flowing over the low points of Old River Road cutting off access to a dozen households.
March 2011FloodNorth Creek-Old River Road in North Creek was closed due to flooding with water levels ranging from a few inches up to almost 4 feet. Some residents were evacuated.
May 2006HailNorth Creek-The fire chief, at North Creek reported one-inch hail in North Creek.
May 2006Thunderstorm WindNorth Creek-The North Creek fire chief reported trees were blown down in North Creek.
June 2005Flash FloodNorth Creek-Road washouts on River Road and Cobble Creek Road.

Every storm recorded in Warren 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
Holcombville0.7 miles26
Igerna3.9 miles26
Sodom4.3 miles26
North River4.4 miles27
Wevertown5.0 miles26
Riparius5.3 miles26
Christian Hill5.6 miles27
Johnsburg5.6 miles27

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 North CreekAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3344111The 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 958763. 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.