Shrub Oak, New York
41 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Yorktown town. It lies in ZIP code area 10598. It lies near Indian Hill. The Survey maps it on the Mohegan Lake quadrangle. 2,143 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 440 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 figuresShrub Oak grew from 2,011 to 2,143 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 | 2,011 | |
| 2020 | 2,143 | +132 (+7%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
15 surveys from 41 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 West Point quadrangle1:62500
- 1894 USGS West Point quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1899 USGS West Point quadrangle1:62500
- 1901 USGS West Point quadrangle1:62500, 12 printings
- 1936 USGS West Point quadrangle1:62500
- 1936 USGS West Point quadrangle1:48000
- 1941 USGS West Point quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1947 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1947 USGS West Point quadrangle1:62500
- 1948 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Mohegan Lake quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1961 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1965 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Bridgeport quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
479 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 479 fires within 5 miles of Shrub Oak between 1993 and 2020, burning about 382 acres in total. 31 started naturally. 61 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 | 277 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 61 |
| Smoking | 38 |
| Debris and open burning | 35 |
| Natural | 31 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 8 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 6 September 2014 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 6 September 2001 | Recreation and ceremony | 15 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 5 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 5 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 3 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 28 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 16 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Shrub Oak: 10 past producers, 3 producers, 1 occurrence, 1 plant. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Emery, Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Croft Magnetite Mine | Iron, Sulfur | Past Producer | Magnetite, Pyrite | |
| Croft Mine | Iron, Sulfur | Past Producer | ||
| Leardi Mine | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Oregon Road Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Oregon Road Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Croft Mine | Iron | Past Producer | Magnetite | |
| Magnetite Mine No. Gk-012 | Iron | Past Producer | Magnetite | |
| Magnetite Mine No. Gk-012 | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Croton Avenue Pit & Plant | Emery | Plant | ||
| De Luca Emery Mine | Emery | Producer | Corundum, Magnetite, Pyrite, Spinel |
Storms near this place
5 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Shrub Oak in 5 storm reports between 2002 and 2023: 4 thunderstorm wind, 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 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shrub Oak | $2,500 | Trees were reported down on wires on Stoney Street, south of East Main Street near Shrub Oak. |
| August 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shrub Oak | $1,000 | A tree was reported down along Old Yorktown Road. |
| August 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shrub Oak | $1,000 | Route 6 eastbound at Sunnyside Street in Yorktown had both lanes blocked due to fallen trees. |
| July 2023 | Flash Flood | Shrub Oak | - | DOT reports debris and flooding on Taconic State parkway northbound at Yorktown. All lanes blocked. |
| June 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shrub Oak | - | As a severe thunderstorm moved southeast, it produced high winds that downed numerous trees and wires in the vicinity of Shrub Oak, just southeast of Putnam Valley. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jefferson Village | 1.1 miles | 41 | |
| Oceola Lake | 1.4 miles | 41 | |
| Lake Mohegan | 1.6 miles | 41 | |
| Jefferson Valley | 1.7 miles | 41 | |
| Mohegan Lake | 2.2 miles | 41 | |
| Yorktown | 2.3 miles | 41 | |
| Oregon | 2.9 miles | 41 | |
| Crompond | 3.3 miles | 41 |
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 Shrub Oak | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q922583 | 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 965182. 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.














