Scarsdale, New York
39 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Scarsdale town. It lies in ZIP code area 10583. It lies near Fishs Hill. The Survey maps it on the White Plains quadrangle. 18,253 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 217 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.


On record in Scarsdale
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 6 records
Caleb Hyatt Houselisted 1973
Quaker Ridge Golf Clublisted 2020
Scarsdale Railroad Stationlisted 2000
Scarsdale Woman's Clublisted 2008
US Post Office-Scarsdalelisted 1989
Wayside Cottagelisted 1981
Population over time
2 figuresScarsdale grew from 17,166 to 18,253 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 | 17,166 | |
| 2020 | 18,253 | +1,087 (+6%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
15 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
- 1932 USGS White Plains quadrangle1:24000
- 1937 USGS Tarrytown quadrangle1:62500
- 1938 USGS White Plains quadrangle1:31680, 3 printings
- 1947 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1947 USGS White Plains quadrangle1:24000
- 1948 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS White Plains 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 White Plains quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Bridgeport quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
977 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 977 fires within 5 miles of Scarsdale between 2000 and 2020, burning about 861 acres in total. 68 started naturally. 88 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 | 548 |
| Smoking | 126 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 88 |
| Natural | 68 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 68 |
| Debris and open burning | 27 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 25 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 16 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 9 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 9 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 9 September 2005 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 8 September 2015 | Smoking | 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 2007 | 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
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Scarsdale: 1 producer, 1 plant. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Molybdenum, Rhenium, Tungsten, Tantalum, Silver. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Facility) Chester Metals Division Refinery | Silver | Plant | ||
| Dobbs Ferry Plant | Molybdenum, Rhenium, Tungsten, Tantalum | Producer |
Storms near this place
15 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Scarsdale in 15 storm reports between 1997 and 2022: 6 flash flood, 5 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 1 funnel cloud. The reports record 1 death. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2021 | Flash Flood | Scarsdale | 1 killed | The body of a man was found in Saxon Woods Park in White Plains after he exited his stranded car and was swept away by flood waters. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Scarsdale | $3,000 | A few trees were reported down in Scarsdale. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Scarsdale | $1,500 | A three foot diameter tree was downed at Penn Boulevard and Weaver Street. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Scarsdale | $750 | One inch tree limbs broken and shingles blown off. |
| August 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Scarsdale | $500 | A large tree limb was reported down in Scarsdale. |
| July 2021 | Flash Flood | Scarsdale | - | The southbound Hutchinson River Parkway was closed due to flooding at Exit 13 in White Plains. |
| August 2008 | Flash Flood | Scarsdale | - | Westchester Office of Emergency Management reported that there was up to 5 feet of standing water on some side streets in New Rochelle. |
| June 2008 | Flash Flood | Scarsdale | - | The Bronx River Parkway was closed in both directions between Harney Road and the Sprain Brook Parkway. |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Scarsdale | - | Trees and power lines down in Scarsdale and Tarrytown. |
| August 2011 | Hail | Scarsdale | - | no account filed |
| August 2011 | Hail | Scarsdale | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Scarsdale | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Funnel Cloud | Scarsdale | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Flash Flood | Scarsdale | - | no account filed |
| July 1997 | Flash Flood | Scarsdale | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Murray Hill | 0.4 miles | 42 | |
| Greenacres | 0.5 miles | 39 | |
| Fox Meadow | 0.5 miles | 39 | |
| Green Farms | 0.6 miles | 39 | |
| Ridgeway | 1.2 miles | 39 | |
| Hartsdale | 1.2 miles | 39 | |
| Secor Gardens | 1.4 miles | 42 | |
| Scarsdale Downs | 1.5 miles | 42 |
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 Scarsdale | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2300959 | 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 977410. 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.














