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Rye, New York

34 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Rye City. It lies in ZIP code area 10580. It lies near Hassock Meadow. The Survey maps it on the Mamaroneck quadrangle. 16,592 people lived here at the 2020 count.

Rye within Westchester County

Then and now

1897 to 1984

The same ground, surveyed 87 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Rye, surveyed 1984
Topographic sheet of Rye, surveyed 1897

On record in Rye

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 10 records

Population over time

2 figures

Rye grew from 15,720 to 16,592 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
201015,720
202016,592+872 (+6%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 34 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

332 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 332 fires within 5 miles of Rye between 2000 and 2020, burning about 241 acres in total. 18 started naturally. 31 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/undetermined175
Smoking62
Arson/incendiarism31
Recreation and ceremony22
Natural18
Debris and open burning11
Equipment and vehicle use7
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
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
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
8 September 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 September 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Westchester County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Rye: 8 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Granite, Stone, Dimension, Stone. 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
Christiano Oak Ridge Diorite Gneiss Rock QuarryStonePast Producer1833
Christiano Hamilton Avenue Diorite Gneiss Rock QuarryStone, DimensionPast Producer1873
Ritch Diorite Gneiss Rock QuarryStone, DimensionPast ProducerUnknown
Voorhis Diorite Gneiss Rock QuarryStone, DimensionPast Producer
Christiano Hamilton Avenue QuarryGranitePast Producer
Chritiano Oak Ridge QuarryGranitePast Producer
Ritch QuarryGranitePast Producer
Voorhis QuarryGranitePast Producer

Every working recorded in Westchester County

Storms near this place

13 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rye in 13 storm reports between 2001 and 2023: 5 flash flood, 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 lightning, 1 hail. 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 2010Flash FloodRye$50,000Flooding caused portions of many major roads to be closed. Specifically, the Saw Mill River Parkway was closed in both directions between the Taconic State Pkwy. and Manville Rd. in Pleasantville. Southbound lanes from Interstate 287 and northbound lanes from Interstate 87 to Rt. 119 in Elmsford were also closed, as was Exit 7 at Tuckahoe Rd. in Yonkers. The Bronx River Pkwy. was shut in both directions from the Sprain Brook Pkwy. in Yonkers to the Main St. Bridge in White Plains. Fourteen families living in a two-story apartment building on Harrison Ave. in Harrison were evacuated after a ceiling in the hallway collapsed, causing flooding throughout the building. Property damage amounts are estimated. Total rainfall amounts ranged from 3.58 inches in White Plains to 6.25 inches in Yorktown Heights.
September 2021Thunderstorm WindRye$6,000A large tree down on New Street took down some wires.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindRye$6,000Multiple trees were reported down throughout Rye, including along Chamberlain Street and Stuyvesen Avenue.
September 2021Thunderstorm WindRye$4,000Wires down across Natoma Street and Purchase Street.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindRye$3,000Trees reported down onto the roadway near the Rye Metro North station resulting in hundreds with power.
August 2018Thunderstorm WindRye$2,000Power lines down on North Street in Harrison.
July 2010LightningRye$1,000A house at 10 Dogwood Lane in Rye was struck by lightning.
June 2023HailRye-NWS Employee reports 1 inch hail.
September 2021Flash FloodRye-Several cars drove around barricades in Rye and are now stuck in flood waters.
September 2011Flash FloodRye-A vehicle was stranded in high water at the intersection of Peck Ave. and Midland Ave. in Rye.
August 2009Flash FloodRye-Vehicles were disabled due to flooding on Abdendroth Ave., Midland Ave., and Fox Island Rd. in Port Chester. Numerous secondary streets were also flooded.
March 2007Flash FloodRye-Multiple streets flooded and car rescues; high school football stadium flooded as well.
April 2001LightningRye-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Westchester 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
Limerick (historical)0.3 miles34
Dublin0.6 miles34
Purdys Grove1.3 miles34
Milton1.3 miles34
Sunset Ridge1.4 miles34
Harrison1.7 miles34
Port Chester1.7 miles36
Brentwood Plaza1.9 miles34

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 RyeAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1379757The 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 977399. 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.