Thiells, New York
33 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Haverstraw town. It lies in ZIP code area 10984. It stands on South Branch Minisceongo Creek. The Survey maps it on the Thiells quadrangle. 5,240 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 276 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1891 to 1986The 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.


On record in Thiells
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 within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
- J. Garner West Houselisted 2022 · 0.9 miles away
Population over time
2 figuresThiells grew from 5,032 to 5,240 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 | 5,032 | |
| 2020 | 5,240 | +208 (+4%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 33 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.
- 1891 USGS Ramapo quadrangle1:62500
- 1893 USGS Ramapo quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
- 1910 USGS Ramapo quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
- 1931 USGS Ramapo quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1931 USGS Ramapo quadrangle1:48000
- 1938 USGS Ramapo quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1950 USGS Scranton quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Scranton quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Thiells quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Scranton quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Scranton quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Scranton quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Middletown quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
886 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 886 fires within 5 miles of Thiells between 1995 and 2020, burning about 2,038 acres in total. 39 started naturally. 89 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 | 567 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 89 |
| Smoking | 80 |
| Natural | 39 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 31 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 24 |
| Debris and open burning | 23 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 17 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 16 |
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 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 9 September 2009 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 8 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 8 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 7 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 September 2001 | Smoking | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 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
10 of 16 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Thiells: 11 past producers, 3 producers, 1 occurrence, 1 prospect. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Emery, Copper. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ladentown Copper Deposit | Copper, Zirconium | Occurrence | ||
| Stony Point Mill | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Past Producer | ||
| Montrose Emery Prospects | Emery | Past Producer | Corundum, Hematite, Ilmenite, Magnetite, Pyrite, Spinel | |
| Montrose Emery Prospects | Emery | Prospect | ||
| Haverstraw Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Haverstraw Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Tompkins Cove Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Tompkins Cove Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Clay Pit No. Hl-006 | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Clay Pit No. Hl-006 | Clay | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Felters Corners | 0.9 miles | 33 | |
| Willow Grove | 1.2 miles | 33 | |
| Garnerville | 1.4 miles | 36 | |
| West Haverstraw | 1.7 miles | 36 | |
| Mazzaleone Park | 1.9 miles | 33 | |
| Mount Ivy | 1.9 miles | 33 | |
| Quaker Park | 1.9 miles | 33 | |
| Stony Point | 2.1 miles | 36 |
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 Thiells | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3460339 | 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 967361. 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.












