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Washingtonville, New York

31 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Blooming Grove town. It lies in ZIP code area 10992. It stands on Satterly Creek. The Survey maps it on the Maybrook quadrangle. 5,657 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 305 feet above sea level.

Washingtonville within Orange County

Then and now

1902 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 84 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Washingtonville, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Washingtonville, surveyed 1902

On record in Washingtonville

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 2 records

Population over time

3 figures

Washingtonville fell from 5,899 to 5,657 between 2000 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
20005,899
20105,8990 (0%)
20205,657-242 (-4%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 31 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

340 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 340 fires within 5 miles of Washingtonville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 332 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 48 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/undetermined196
Arson/incendiarism48
Debris and open burning22
Equipment and vehicle use15
Fireworks15
Smoking15
Natural13
Recreation and ceremony9
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Other causes1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
8 September 2015Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
7 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
5 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 September 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
27 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
25 September 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
25 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Orange County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Washingtonville: 6 past producers, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, 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
Blooming Grove PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Campbell PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Highland Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Bull MineIronPast Producer
Bull MineIronPast ProducerMagnetite
Ranier Hill ProspectIronProspect
Townsend Canterbury MineIronPast ProducerResidual

Every working recorded in Orange County

Storms near this place

12 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Washingtonville in 12 storm reports between 1998 and 2023: 4 thunderstorm wind, 4 flood, 2 hail, 1 lightning. 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
July 2010LightningWashingtonville$15,000Lightning struck a home in Washingtonville, causing a fire.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindWashingtonville$4,000Trees were reported down around town.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindWashingtonville$4,000Trees were reported down in Washingtonville.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindWashingtonville$2,000Trees were snapped or uprooted.
September 2023HailWashingtonville-One inch hail report from MPING.
September 2021Flash FloodWashingtonville-Mountain Lodge Road in Washingtonville was closed due to flooding.
September 2011FloodWashingtonville-In Washingtonville, Democracy Ln. and Freedom Dr. were closed due to flooding. Mandatory evacuations were ordered in Washingtonville Manor and Brookside Acres as well as on Patricia Ln., Beverly Ln., Cardinal Dr., Peacock Circle and W. Main St. due to flooding of Moodna Creek.
September 2011FloodWashingtonville-Route 94 was closed west of Rt. 208 in Washingtonville due to flooding.
March 2011FloodWashingtonville-Moodna Creek overflowed its banks causing flooding of first floor residents and businesses on Route 208 as well as Route 94 near Washingtonville High School.
July 2005Thunderstorm WindWashingtonville-Trees down.
April 2007FloodWashingtonville-no account filed
June 1998HailWashingtonville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Orange 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
Woodfield0.7 miles31
Otter Kill Estates2.0 miles31
Tappan Hill2.0 miles31
Blooming Grove2.0 miles31
Salisbury Mills2.5 miles35
Rural Ridge2.6 miles31
Rock Tavern3.0 miles31
Mountain Lodge Park3.0 miles31

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 WashingtonvilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3451795The 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 968876. 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.