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.
Then and now
1892 to 1986The 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.


Population over time
2 figuresOrangeburg 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 4,568 | |
| 2020 | 4,565 | -3 (-0%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
16 surveys from 39 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1892 USGS Tarrytown quadrangle1:62500
- 1893 USGS Tarrytown quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1902 USGS Tarrytown quadrangle1:62500, 11 printings
- 1937 USGS Nyack quadrangle1:24000
- 1937 USGS Tarrytown quadrangle1:62500
- 1940 USGS Nyack quadrangle1:24000
- 1942 USGS Nyack quadrangle1:31680
- 1943 USGS Nyack quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
- 1947 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Nyack quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1965 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1967 USGS Nyack quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Bridgeport quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
1,156 since 2000Regional 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/undetermined | 724 |
| Smoking | 177 |
| Natural | 82 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 62 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 47 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 28 |
| Debris and open burning | 23 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2015 | Smoking | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 9 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 9 September 2003 | Smoking | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 8 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 8 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 8 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 8 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 8 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dobbs Ferry Plant | Molybdenum, Rhenium, Tungsten, Tantalum | Producer | ||
| North Jersey Iron Ore Co. Prospect | Iron | Prospect | ||
| Sparkill Pit and Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Sparkill Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| West Nyack Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| West Nyack Quarry and Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
12 since 2001Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Orangeburg | $10,000 | Numerous trees and power lines were reported down in the town of Orangetown. |
| May 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Orangeburg | $2,000 | Tree and wires were reported down in Blauvelt. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Orangeburg | $2,000 | Several trees were reported down near Orangeburg. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Orangeburg | $1,000 | Downed tree on Palisades Interstate Parkway northbound of Exit 5B, NY 303 in Orangetown. Right land blocked. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Orangeburg | $1,000 | A tree was reported down across the right southbound lane on Palisades Interstate Parkway between exits 6E and 5S. |
| March 2009 | Hail | Orangeburg | - | Penny size hail was reported by a trained spotter. |
| August 2008 | Hail | Orangeburg | - | Penny size hail was reported. |
| June 2005 | Flash Flood | Orangeburg | - | Rainfall rates of over 2 inches per hour. |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Orangeburg | - | 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 2003 | Hail | Orangeburg | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Orangeburg | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Orangeburg | - | no account filed |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blauvelt | 1.2 miles | 39 | |
| Sparkill | 1.6 miles | 39 | |
| Tappan | 1.7 miles | 39 | |
| Piermont | 1.7 miles | 39 | |
| Grand View-on-Hudson | 2.0 miles | 39 | |
| Nauraushaun | 2.4 miles | 39 | |
| South Nyack | 3.0 miles | 39 | |
| Palisades | 3.1 miles | 39 |
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 Orangeburg | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3461341 | The 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.















