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Orangeburg, 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 10962. It lies near Mount Nebo. The Survey maps it on the Nyack quadrangle. 4,565 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 112 feet above sea level.

Orangeburg 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 Orangeburg, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Orangeburg, surveyed 1892

Population over time

2 figures

Orangeburg fell from 4,568 to 4,565 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
20104,568
20204,565-3 (-0%)

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

1,156 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1,156 fires within 5 miles of Orangeburg between 2000 and 2020, burning about 1,178 acres in total. 82 started naturally. 62 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/undetermined724
Smoking177
Natural82
Arson/incendiarism62
Recreation and ceremony47
Equipment and vehicle use28
Debris and open burning23
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Other causes1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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 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
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

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Orangeburg: 3 past producers, 2 producers, 1 prospect. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Iron, Molybdenum. 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
Dobbs Ferry PlantMolybdenum, Rhenium, Tungsten, TantalumProducer
North Jersey Iron Ore Co. ProspectIronProspect
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

12 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Orangeburg in 12 storm reports between 2001 and 2021: 8 thunderstorm wind, 3 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
July 2010Thunderstorm WindOrangeburg$10,000Numerous trees and power lines were reported down in the town of Orangetown.
May 2012Thunderstorm WindOrangeburg$2,000Tree and wires were reported down in Blauvelt.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindOrangeburg$2,000Several trees were reported down near Orangeburg.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindOrangeburg$1,000Downed tree on Palisades Interstate Parkway northbound of Exit 5B, NY 303 in Orangetown. Right land blocked.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindOrangeburg$1,000A tree was reported down across the right southbound lane on Palisades Interstate Parkway between exits 6E and 5S.
March 2009HailOrangeburg-Penny size hail was reported by a trained spotter.
August 2008HailOrangeburg-Penny size hail was reported.
June 2005Flash FloodOrangeburg-Rainfall rates of over 2 inches per hour.
July 2002Thunderstorm WindOrangeburg-A spotter, and local media reported that strong thunderstorm wind gusts knocked several large tree limbs and power lines down. Local newspapers reported that about 7000 homes and businesses lost power for anywhere from a few hours to about a day.
August 2003HailOrangeburg-no account filed
July 2001Thunderstorm WindOrangeburg-no account filed
July 2001Thunderstorm WindOrangeburg-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
Blauvelt1.2 miles39
Sparkill1.6 miles39
Tappan1.7 miles39
Piermont1.7 miles39
Grand View-on-Hudson2.0 miles39
Nauraushaun2.4 miles39
South Nyack3.0 miles39
Palisades3.1 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 OrangeburgAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3461341The 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 959432. 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.