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Tillson, New York

28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Rosendale town. It lies in ZIP code area 12486. It lies near Rosendale Plains. The Survey maps it on the Rosendale quadrangle. 1,516 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 233 feet above sea level.

Tillson within Ulster County

Then and now

1901 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 85 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Tillson, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Tillson, surveyed 1901

Population over time

2 figures

Tillson fell from 1,586 to 1,516 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
20101,586
20201,516-70 (-4%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 28 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

165 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 165 fires within 5 miles of Tillson between 1997 and 2020, burning about 176 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 14 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/undetermined79
Debris and open burning21
Smoking19
Arson/incendiarism14
Equipment and vehicle use14
Natural9
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Other causes1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
29 September 2005Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
21 September 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
15 September 2001Arson/incendiarism1.5 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
14 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
13 September 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 August 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
3 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.4 acresFire Department of New YorkNA
3 August 2002Natural2.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Ulster County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Tillson: 1 unknown, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Abrasive, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Diamond Productions/ Clifton, N.J.AbrasiveUnknown
H. Franco and Son Sand and Stone CoSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Ulster County

Storms near this place

7 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tillson in 7 storm reports between 1993 and 2022: 4 hail, 3 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
June 2004Thunderstorm WindTillson$10,000Numerous reports of tree limbs down. Tree blown onto home roof. Metal siding blown off building. Skirting torn off manufactured home. Damage centered near Route 32 and River Road.
August 1993Thunderstorm WindTillson$5,000Severe thunderstorm winds downed power lines across parts of Ulster County leaving 250 customers without power on the evening of August 14th.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindTillson-There were multiple reports of trees and wires down in the hamlet of Tillson.
June 2011HailTillson-Quarter size hail was reported during a thunderstorm in Tillson. Also, 50 to 60 mph wind gusts were estimated.
August 2008HailTillson-Penny size hail was reported in Tillson during a thunderstorm.
June 2020HailTillson-no account filed
August 2002HailTillson-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Ulster 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
Rosendale1.3 miles28
Dashville1.4 miles28
Rifton1.8 miles28
Lawrenceville2.0 miles28
Lefever Falls2.0 miles28
Binnewater2.1 miles28
Kallops Corners2.2 miles28
Cottekill2.4 miles28

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 TillsonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3461615The 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 967526. 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.