West Nyack, New York
39 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Clarkstown town. It lies in ZIP code area 10994. The Survey maps it on the Nyack quadrangle. 3,649 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 79 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 West Nyack
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
Philadelphia Toboggan Company Carousel Number 15listed 2001
Terneur-Hutton Houselisted 1973
Population over time
2 figuresWest Nyack grew from 3,439 to 3,649 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 | 3,439 | |
| 2020 | 3,649 | +210 (+6%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
16 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
- 1937 USGS Nyack quadrangle1:24000
- 1937 USGS Tarrytown quadrangle1:62500
- 1940 USGS Nyack quadrangle1:24000
- 1942 USGS Nyack quadrangle1:31680
- 1943 USGS Nyack quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
- 1947 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Nyack 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 Nyack quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Bridgeport quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
2,171 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2,171 fires within 5 miles of West Nyack between 2000 and 2020, burning about 1,955 acres in total. 127 started naturally. 155 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 | 1284 |
| Smoking | 344 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 155 |
| Natural | 127 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 95 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 79 |
| Debris and open burning | 46 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 25 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 14 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 2015 | Smoking | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 9 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 9 September 2015 | Smoking | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 9 September 2010 | Smoking | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 9 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 8 September 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | 6.3 acres | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
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 West Nyack: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Nyack Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| West Nyack Quarry and Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
14 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names West Nyack in 14 storm reports between 1996 and 2024: 6 thunderstorm wind, 5 flash 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | West Nyack | $1,000 | Downed tree blocking NY 59 westbound at Deacon Smith Hill Road in Nyack. |
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | West Nyack | $1,000 | A tree down on Kreuz Drive. |
| September 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | West Nyack | $1,000 | A tree was reported down, blocking West Nyack Road in West Nyack. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | West Nyack | - | A tree branch with base about the size of hand down in Palisades Mall parking lot. |
| June 2012 | Hail | West Nyack | - | Quarter size hail was reported on I-287 near mile marker 20. |
| June 2011 | Flash Flood | West Nyack | - | Rt. 59 near the Palisades Mall in Nyack was closed due to flooding. |
| August 2008 | Flash Flood | West Nyack | - | Numerous roads were flooded in Nanuet. The intersection of North Middletown Rd. and Atlantic Ave. in Nanuet was closed at 5:40 EDT due to flooding. Germonds Road in Clarkstown (Rockland Lake) was also closed due to flooding. |
| September 2004 | Flash Flood | West Nyack | - | Numerous roads closed due to flash flooding. |
| September 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | West Nyack | - | The Rockland County Office of Emergency Management reported numerous wires, trees, and tree limbs down across the township of Clarkstown. |
| July 2002 | Flash Flood | West Nyack | - | Torrential rain occurred in and around West Nyack. Radar estimated rainfall rates between 2 and 4 inches within 1 hour. This caused a roof drain to overflow at the Palisades Center Mall in West Nyack. Rain water infiltrated the structure resulting in the flooding of many stores, a partial wall collapse at a JC Penny's Department store and the evacuation of the mall. |
| August 2003 | Flash Flood | West Nyack | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Lightning | West Nyack | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | West Nyack | - | no account filed |
| January 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | West Nyack | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Central Nyack | 1.2 miles | 39 | |
| Bardonia | 1.5 miles | 39 | |
| Valley Cottage | 1.8 miles | 39 | |
| Germonds | 2.0 miles | 39 | |
| Nanuet | 2.2 miles | 37 | |
| Oakbrook | 2.3 miles | 37 | |
| Blauvelt | 2.4 miles | 39 | |
| Durant | 2.9 miles | 36 |
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 West Nyack | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3460105 | 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 970831. 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.















