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.
Then and now
1901 to 1986The 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.


Population over time
2 figuresTillson 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,586 | |
| 2020 | 1,516 | -70 (-4%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 28 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.
- 1901 USGS Rosendale quadrangle1:62500
- 1903 USGS Rosendale quadrangle1:62500, 11 printings
- 1942 USGS Rosendale quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Rosendale quadrangle1:31680
- 1950 USGS Scranton quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Scranton quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Scranton quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Scranton quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Rosendale quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1965 USGS Scranton quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Monticello quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
165 since 1997Regional 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/undetermined | 79 |
| Debris and open burning | 21 |
| Smoking | 19 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 14 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 14 |
| Natural | 9 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2005 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 21 September 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 15 September 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.5 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 14 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 13 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 August 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 3 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.4 acres | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 3 August 2002 | Natural | 2.0 acres | 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 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diamond Productions/ Clifton, N.J. | Abrasive | Unknown | ||
| H. Franco and Son Sand and Stone Co | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
7 since 1993Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tillson | $10,000 | Numerous 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 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tillson | $5,000 | Severe thunderstorm winds downed power lines across parts of Ulster County leaving 250 customers without power on the evening of August 14th. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tillson | - | There were multiple reports of trees and wires down in the hamlet of Tillson. |
| June 2011 | Hail | Tillson | - | Quarter size hail was reported during a thunderstorm in Tillson. Also, 50 to 60 mph wind gusts were estimated. |
| August 2008 | Hail | Tillson | - | Penny size hail was reported in Tillson during a thunderstorm. |
| June 2020 | Hail | Tillson | - | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Hail | Tillson | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rosendale | 1.3 miles | 28 | |
| Dashville | 1.4 miles | 28 | |
| Rifton | 1.8 miles | 28 | |
| Lawrenceville | 2.0 miles | 28 | |
| Lefever Falls | 2.0 miles | 28 | |
| Binnewater | 2.1 miles | 28 | |
| Kallops Corners | 2.2 miles | 28 | |
| Cottekill | 2.4 miles | 28 |
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 Tillson | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3461615 | 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 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.










