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Tallman, New York

37 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1995. It stands in Ramapo town. It lies in ZIP code area 10901. The Survey maps it on the Park Ridge quadrangle.

Tallman within Rockland County

Then and now

1891 to 1995

The same ground, surveyed 104 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Tallman, surveyed 1995
Topographic sheet of Tallman, surveyed 1891

Compare 1891 against another survey:

On record in Tallman

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 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

17 surveys from 37 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

1,706 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1,706 fires within 5 miles of Tallman between 1994 and 2020, burning about 2,282 acres in total. 76 started naturally. 170 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/undetermined926
Smoking305
Arson/incendiarism170
Recreation and ceremony85
Natural76
Equipment and vehicle use59
Debris and open burning44
Misuse of fire by a minor30
Power generation/transmission/distribution8
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Fireworks1

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
9 September 2015Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
9 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
9 September 2010Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 September 2001Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2016Recreation and ceremony6.3 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
8 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Rockland County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Tallman: 2 past producers, 2 producers, 1 prospect. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Graphite. 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
Suffern DepositGraphiteProspect
Suffern QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
McKee Bros Sand and Gravel IncSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Mount Ivy Pit and PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Mount Ivy Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Rockland County

Storms near this place

12 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tallman in 12 storm reports between 2007 and 2025: 9 flood, 2 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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
July 2025Thunderstorm WindTallman$15,000Large tree fell onto a truck on Kevin Drive. The tree also blocked the road and took down power lines.
July 2023Flash FloodTallman-Water rescue on Spook Rock Road and Joy Road.
September 2021Flash FloodTallman-The Mahwah River near Suffern rose above its minor flood stage of 5.0 feet at 10:30pm EDT. It then continued to rise, surpassing moderate flood stage (7.0 feet) and cresting at a height of 7.06 feet at 12:30am EDT on September 2nd. The river then gradually fell through the overnight hours, receding below minor flood stage by 10:45am EDT on September 2nd.
January 2018FloodTallman-The Mahwah River near Suffern New York exceeded its flood stage of 4.0 feet at 5:00pm EST on January 12th, crested at a height of 4.42 feet at 7:00pm EST, and fell back below flood stage at 9:30pm EST.
April 2018FloodTallman-The Mahwah River at Suffern rose above its flood stage of 4.0 feet at 11:00am EDT, crested at a height of 5.51 feet at 2:45pm EDT, and fell below flood stage at 7:15am EDT on April 17th.
July 2017FloodTallman-The Mahwah River near Suffern, NY rose above its flood stage of 4.0 feet at 12:00pm EDT on July 7th, crested at a height of 5.16 feet at 1:45pm, and fell back below flood stage by 5:00pm EDT.
April 2014FloodTallman-The Mahwah River at Suffern exceeded its flood stage of 4.0 feet at 5:45 pm EST, crested at 5.0 ft. at 11:15 pm and fell back within its banks at 7:45 pm on May 1. Storm total rainfall amounts reported across the county ranged from 2.85 inches in Suffern to 3.78 inches in Spring Valley.
May 2014FloodTallman-The Mahwah River at Suffern remained in flood from April 30. Water levels were falling at midnight EST and the river fell back within its banks at 7:45 pm EST on May 1.
January 2013FloodTallman-The Mahwah River at Suffern exceeded its flood stage of 4.0 ft. at 6:45 am. The river crested at 4.31 ft. at 8:15 am and fell back below flood stage at 11:00 am.
March 2010FloodTallman-The Mahwah River at Suffern exceeded bankfull and crested at 7.06 ft. on March 14 at 0215 EST. Several other rivers and small streams across the county also rose out of their banks causing flooding. The Ramapo River at Ramapo also rose out of its banks causing Route 17 to be closed in Sloatsburg and Hillsburn. The flooding was so severe that firefighters had to rescue a driver trapped in a car at the entrance to I-87. The New York State Thruway, I-87, was also closed from exit 15A to the Orange County line.||The storm total rainfall amount received from Nanuet was 4.18 inches.
March 2010FloodTallman-The Mahwah River at Suffern exceeded bankfull and crested at 4.88 feet.
December 2007FloodTallman-The Mahwah River at Suffern exceeded its' flood stage of 4 feet on Dec. 23, 2007 at 8:45 pm with a stage of 4.12 feet. The river crested at 5.65 feet on Dec. 24, 2007 at 12:30 am and returned within its banks on Dec 24, 2007 at 1:30 pm.

Every storm recorded in Rockland 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
Airmont1.1 miles37
Suffern Park1.1 miles37
Monsey1.7 miles37
Kaser1.9 miles37
Montebello2.0 miles33
Viola2.0 miles33
Antrim2.4 miles40
Suffern2.6 miles40

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 967009. 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.