Red Hook, New York

31 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Red Hook town. It lies in ZIP code area 12571. The Survey maps it on the Kingston East quadrangle. 1,975 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 221 feet above sea level.

Red Hook within Dutchess County

Then and now

1898 to 1993

The same ground, surveyed 95 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Red Hook, surveyed 1993

Topographic sheet of Red Hook, surveyed 1898

On record in Red Hook

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

Elmendorph Innlisted 1978
Halfway Dinerlisted 1988
Heermance Farmhouselisted 1980
Maizefieldlisted 1973
Hendrick Martin Houselisted 2007
Parker Training Academy Dutch Barnlisted 2007
St. Margaret's Homelisted 2006
St. Paul's (Zion's) Evangelical Lutheran Churchlisted 1998

Population over time

2 figures

Red Hook grew from 1,961 to 1,975 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	1,961
2020	1,975	+14 (+1%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 31 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.

1898 USGS Rhinebeck quadrangle1:62500, 9 printings
1934 USGS Rhinebeck quadrangle1:62500
1934 USGS Rhinebeck quadrangle1:48000
1939 USGS Rhinebeck quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
1947 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1948 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1961 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000
1962 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1963 USGS Kingston East quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
1965 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1985 USGS Waterbury quadrangle1:100000
1993 USGS Waterbury quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

210 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 210 fires within 5 miles of Red Hook between 1997 and 2020, burning about 271 acres in total. 21 started naturally. 49 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	84
Arson/incendiarism	49
Debris and open burning	32
Natural	21
Equipment and vehicle use	8
Smoking	5
Recreation and ceremony	4
Power generation/transmission/distribution	3
Misuse of fire by a minor	3
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 2006	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
29 September 2017	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
29 September 2005	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
23 September 2000	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
21 September 2010	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
19 September 2010	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
14 September 2002	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
13 September 2002	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dutchess 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 Red Hook: 5 producers, 4 past producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Archer Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Denter Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Red Hook Sand and Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary
Rock City Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Rock City Pit and Mill	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary
Roe-Jan Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Route 199 Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary
Route 199 Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Route 199 Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Dutchess County

Storms near this place

25 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Red Hook in 25 storm reports between 1994 and 2026: 17 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 2 heavy rain, 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
June 1996	Flash Flood	Red Hook	$200,000	no account filed
May 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Red Hook	$8,000	no account filed
July 1994	Thunderstorm Wind	Red Hook	$5,000	20,1621EST- *,,1720EST,,,0,0,3,0,Urban Flood Salt Point,20,1630EST,,,0,0,3,0,Thunderstorm Winds Clinton Corners,20,1630EST,,,0,0,3,0,Thunderstorm Winds College Park,20,1635EST,,,0,0,0,0,Hail (0.75)
July 1994	Thunderstorm Wind	Red Hook	$5,000	no account filed
September 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Red Hook	$2,500	no account filed
May 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Red Hook	$2,000	no account filed
July 2014	Lightning	Red Hook	$1,000	A trailer was struck by lightning during a thunderstorm on Mountain View Road in Red Hook.
July 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Red Hook	$20	no account filed
April 2026	Thunderstorm Wind	Red Hook	-	A member of the public relayed a report to NWS Albany of a tree and wires down on Liden Avenue in Red Hook.
September 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Red Hook	-	A tree was downed on U.S. Route 9 at Amherst Road in Red Hook.
June 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Red Hook	-	Deck swing was destroyed and deck railing was blown off and damaged.
July 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Upper Red Hook	-	A tree was downed on Route 9G between Lasher Road and West Kerley Corners Road south of Nevis.
August 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Upper Red Hook	-	Trees were downed on West Kerley Corners Road.
August 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Red Hook	-	Trees were downed.
July 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Upper Red Hook	-	A tree was downed north of Kerley Corners Road.
September 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Red Hook	-	Trees were downed.
August 2018	Heavy Rain	Red Hook	-	Strong storm resulted in 1.07 inches of rainfall.
August 2018	Heavy Rain	Red Hook	-	Strong storm resulted in 2.12 inches of rainfall.
February 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Red Hook	-	Downed poles and power lines led to a six-hour road closure.
July 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Red Hook	-	Trees were reported down in Red Hook due to thunderstorm winds.
June 2011	Hail	Red Hook	-	Penny size hail was reported during a thunderstorm in Red Hook.
June 2011	Hail	Red Hook	-	Baseball size hail was reported during a thunderstorm in Red Hook.
August 2008	Hail	Red Hook	-	Hail up to penny size fell during a thunderstorm approximately 1 mile southeast of Barrytown.
May 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Red Hook	-	Trees and wires were reported down in Red Hook as a result of strong thunderstorm winds.
April 1998	Hail	Red Hook	-	An isolated severe thunderstorm, produced nickel size hail at Red Hook in Dutchess County.

Every storm recorded in Dutchess 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Red Hook Mills	1.1 miles	27
Linden Acres	1.2 miles	29
Lamplight Court	1.6 miles	31
College Park	1.7 miles	29
Annandale-on-Hudson	2.1 miles	29
Fraleighs	2.3 miles	27
Barrytown	2.6 miles	31
Weys Corners	2.7 miles	31

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 Red Hook	An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1020238	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 962291. 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.