Valhalla, New York
39 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Mount Pleasant town. It lies in ZIP code area 10595. It stands on Davis Brook. The Survey maps it on the White Plains quadrangle. 3,213 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 256 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.


On record in Valhalla
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
John A. Hartford HouseNational Historic Landmark · listed 1977
Population over time
2 figuresValhalla grew from 3,162 to 3,213 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 | 3,162 | |
| 2020 | 3,213 | +51 (+2%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
15 surveys from 39 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 Tarrytown quadrangle1:62500
- 1893 USGS Tarrytown quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1902 USGS Tarrytown quadrangle1:62500, 11 printings
- 1932 USGS White Plains quadrangle1:24000
- 1937 USGS Tarrytown quadrangle1:62500
- 1938 USGS White Plains quadrangle1:31680, 3 printings
- 1947 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1947 USGS White Plains quadrangle1:24000
- 1948 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS White Plains quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1965 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1967 USGS White Plains quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Bridgeport quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
849 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 849 fires within 5 miles of Valhalla between 2000 and 2020, burning about 744 acres in total. 75 started naturally. 55 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 | 477 |
| Smoking | 82 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 77 |
| Natural | 75 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 55 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 24 |
| Debris and open burning | 24 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 22 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 12 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2005 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 8 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 8 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 8 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 8 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 8 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 8 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Valhalla: 4 past producers, 1 plant, 1 producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Granite, Silver. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Facility) Chester Metals Division Refinery | Silver | Plant | ||
| Lake Street Granite Mine | Granite | Producer | ||
| Lake Street Granite Quarry | Granite | Past Producer | Granite | |
| Ackerman's Limonite Mine | Iron | Past Producer | Limonite | |
| Ackerman's Limonite Mine | Iron | Past Producer | Residual | |
| Ackerman's Limonite Mine | Iron | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
7 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Valhalla in 7 storm reports between 2000 and 2025: 5 flash flood, 1 lightning, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Valhalla | $2,000 | Trees down on Prospect Avenue with time estimated by radar. |
| July 2025 | Flash Flood | Valhalla | - | Flooding and Road Closure on Taconic State Parkway southbound between Commerce Street and Lakeview Avenue. All lanes of 2 lanes closed. |
| September 2023 | Flash Flood | Valhalla | - | Spraine Brook Parkway at Exit CR 301 closed due to flooding. |
| August 2021 | Flash Flood | Valhalla | - | The Taconic State Parkway was closed in both directions in Hawthorne due to flooding between Stevens Avenue and Commerce Street. |
| July 2014 | Flash Flood | Valhalla | - | Several cars were stranded in flood waters up to their doors near Brandurst Ave. in Mt. Pleasant. |
| July 2014 | Flash Flood | Valhalla | - | The Sprain Brook Pkwy. was closed in Mt. Pleasant after multiple cars became inundated with water due to flooding. |
| May 2000 | Lightning | Valhalla | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Knollwood Manor | 1.2 miles | 39 | |
| Quarry Heights | 1.3 miles | 39 | |
| North White Plains | 1.4 miles | 39 | |
| Mount Pleasant | 1.8 miles | 39 | |
| Fairview | 2.5 miles | 39 | |
| Hawthorne | 2.5 miles | 39 | |
| Yellowstone Park | 2.5 miles | 39 | |
| Elmsford | 2.7 miles | 39 |
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 Valhalla | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2362234 | 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 968353. 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.














