Walker Valley, New York
24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Shawangunk town. It lies in ZIP code area 12566. It stands on Stony Brook. The Survey maps it on the Ellenville quadrangle. 1,269 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 663 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1904 to 1986The same ground, surveyed 82 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 figuresWalker Valley grew from 853 to 1,269 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 | 853 | |
| 2020 | 1,269 | +416 (+49%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 24 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.
- 1904 USGS Ellenville quadrangle1:62500
- 1906 USGS Ellenville quadrangle1:62500, 7 printings
- 1942 USGS Ellenville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Ellenville 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
- 1965 USGS Scranton quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1969 USGS Ellenville quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Monticello quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
163 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 163 fires within 5 miles of Walker Valley between 2000 and 2020, burning about 4,931 acres in total. 16 started naturally. 40 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 | 63 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 40 |
| Debris and open burning | 18 |
| Natural | 16 |
| Smoking | 15 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 30 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 3 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 24 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.2 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 23 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 19 September 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 19 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 4 August 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.6 acres | Fire Department of New York | NA |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Walker Valley: 4 past producers, 2 prospects, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Zinc, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Lead, Zinc, Lead. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shawangunk Mine | Zinc, Lead | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Shawangunk Mine | Copper, Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Irving Jones Prospect | Zinc, Lead | Prospect | ||
| Phillipsort Mine | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Phillipsort Mine | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Ulster Mine Near Spring Glen | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Spring Glen Deposit | Zinc | Prospect |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ulsterville | 2.8 miles | 22 | |
| Cragsmoor | 2.8 miles | 24 | |
| Crawford | 3.0 miles | 23 | |
| Spring Glen | 3.5 miles | 24 | |
| Awosting | 5.2 miles | 23 | |
| Red Mills | 5.6 miles | 23 | |
| Ellenville | 5.8 miles | 24 | |
| Dwaarkill | 6.1 miles | 23 |
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 Walker Valley | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3461728 | 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 973199. 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.










