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Nyack, New York

39 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Orangetown town. It lies in ZIP code area 10960. The Survey maps it on the Nyack quadrangle. 7,265 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 72 feet above sea level.

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Nyack 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 Nyack, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Nyack, surveyed 1892

On record in Nyack

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 5 records

Population over time

2 figures

Nyack grew from 6,765 to 7,265 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
20106,765
20207,265+500 (+7%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

16 surveys from 39 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

1,264 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1,264 fires within 5 miles of Nyack between 2000 and 2020, burning about 1,264 acres in total. 96 started naturally. 79 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/undetermined760
Smoking188
Natural96
Arson/incendiarism79
Recreation and ceremony58
Equipment and vehicle use38
Debris and open burning34
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Misuse of fire by a minor5
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 2003Smokingunder 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 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
8 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
8 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Rockland County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Nyack: 5 past producers, 1 producer, 1 occurrence. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Lead, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Copper, Silver, Iron. 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
Sing Sing Ag MineLead, Silver, Iron, CopperPast Producer
Sing Sing Silver MineLead, Copper, Silver, Iron, Chromium, Phosphorus-PhosphatesPast ProducerChalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Malachite, Silver
Sparta Copper DepositCopper, LeadOccurrence
Sparkill Pit and PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Sparkill PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
West Nyack QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
West Nyack Quarry and MillStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Rockland County

Storms near this place

28 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Nyack in 28 storm reports between 1996 and 2024: 12 thunderstorm wind, 8 flash flood, 5 hail, 3 lightning. 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
April 2013LightningUpper Nyack1 hurtLightning struck a home in Airmont, causing a man to move across an interior room. He was not injured. Lightning also tore off shingles and bowed a wall of a neighboring house.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindUpper Nyack$10,000Multiple reports of downed trees (and branches) and power lines in the town of Valley Cottage. Some locations include Milburn Court and Flower Lane, Kings Highway between Maple and Old Mill, and Old Mill and Boxberger.
May 2012Thunderstorm WindNyack$10,000A large tree was reported down on a car at the intersection of US Route 9W and Christian Herald Road.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindUpper Nyack$5,000A line of substantial trees were damaged that runs several streets through a neighborhood near Radcliff Drive in Upper Nyack NY.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindUpper Nyack$3,000Large tree uprooted, pulling up the sidewalk with power lines down on North Broadway.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindNyack$2,000Trees down on wires on North Broadway road.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindWest Nyack$1,000Downed tree blocking NY 59 westbound at Deacon Smith Hill Road in Nyack.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindWest Nyack$1,000A tree down on Kreuz Drive.
September 2011Thunderstorm WindWest Nyack$1,000A tree was reported down, blocking West Nyack Road in West Nyack.
August 2024HailUpper Nyack-Public reports 1 inch hail near Radcliff Drive in Upper Nyack NY.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindWest Nyack-A tree branch with base about the size of hand down in Palisades Mall parking lot.
May 2013Flash FloodNyack-In Nyack, rapidly flowing water on Main St. blocked the entire road.
June 2012HailWest Nyack-Quarter size hail was reported on I-287 near mile marker 20.
June 2011Flash FloodWest Nyack-Rt. 59 near the Palisades Mall in Nyack was closed due to flooding.
June 2011HailNyack-Golf ball sized hail was reported.
March 2009HailUpper Nyack-Quarter size hail was reported by a trained spotter.
August 2008Flash FloodUpper Nyack-Rockland Lake Rd. was impassable in Valley Cottage.
August 2008Flash FloodWest Nyack-Numerous roads were flooded in Nanuet. The intersection of North Middletown Rd. and Atlantic Ave. in Nanuet was closed at 5:40 EDT due to flooding. Germonds Road in Clarkstown (Rockland Lake) was also closed due to flooding.
May 2007Thunderstorm WindSouth Nyack-Numerous trees down.
July 2005Flash FloodNyack-Torrential rains caused flash flooding of streets and residences. A man from Pearl River was attempting to start a sump pump to pump out his driveway when he stepped in a puddle that an electrical line was running through. He was electrocuted and died.
September 2004Flash FloodWest Nyack-Numerous roads closed due to flash flooding.
September 2003Thunderstorm WindWest Nyack-The Rockland County Office of Emergency Management reported numerous wires, trees, and tree limbs down across the township of Clarkstown.
July 2002Flash FloodWest Nyack-Torrential rain occurred in and around West Nyack. Radar estimated rainfall rates between 2 and 4 inches within 1 hour. This caused a roof drain to overflow at the Palisades Center Mall in West Nyack. Rain water infiltrated the structure resulting in the flooding of many stores, a partial wall collapse at a JC Penny's Department store and the evacuation of the mall.
August 2003Flash FloodWest Nyack-no account filed
May 1998LightningWest Nyack-no account filed
May 1998HailWest Nyack-no account filed
July 1998LightningNyack-no account filed
January 1996Thunderstorm WindWest Nyack-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
South Nyack0.5 miles39
Upper Nyack1.1 miles39
Central Nyack1.7 miles39
Grand View-on-Hudson1.8 miles39
Valley Cottage2.7 miles39
Blauvelt2.8 miles39
West Nyack2.9 miles39
Piermont3.4 miles39

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 NyackAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1816652The 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 959074. 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.