Woodbourne, New York
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1910 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Fallsburg town. It lies in ZIP code area 12788. The Survey maps it on the Grahamsville quadrangle. 411 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,188 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1910 to 1986The same ground, surveyed 76 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


On record in Woodbourne
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 4 records
B'nai Israel Synagoguelisted 1999
Center Theatrelisted 2001
Woodbourne Reformed Church Complexlisted 2003- Hasbrouck Stone Houselisted 2019
Population over time
2 figuresWoodbourne fell from 2,098 to 411 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 | 2,098 | |
| 2020 | 411 | -1,687 (-80%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 22 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.
- 1910 USGS Neversink quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
- 1942 USGS Neversink quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Monticello quadrangle1:125000
- 1944 USGS Neversink quadrangle1:62500
- 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
- 1966 USGS Grahamsville quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS Grahamsville quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Monticello quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
164 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 164 fires within 5 miles of Woodbourne between 1998 and 2020, burning about 200 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 26 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 | 69 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 26 |
| Debris and open burning | 19 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Smoking | 9 |
| Natural | 9 |
| Other causes | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 24 September 2014 | Smoking | 1.2 acres | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 24 September 2005 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.5 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 19 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 10 September 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 10 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 9 August 2015 | Smoking | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 9 August 2012 | Natural | 4.5 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 Woodbourne: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maston Lake Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Maston Lake Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary |
Storms near this place
14 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Woodbourne in 14 storm reports between 1996 and 2024: 9 thunderstorm wind, 4 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 2002 | Lightning | Woodbourne | $50,000 | Lightning started a house fire in Woodbourne on Mongaup Road. The house was destroyed. House cost is an estimate. |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Woodbourne | $10,000 | Strong thunderstorm winds brought down trees and wires near 461 Route 52. |
| November 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Woodbourne | $10,000 | no account filed |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Woodbourne | $5,000 | Strong thunderstorm winds brought down a tree and wires near 141 Michigan Road. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Woodbourne | $5,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed trees and wires. |
| June 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Woodbourne | $5,000 | Power lines and trees down in Woodbourne and Summitville. Power lines and trees down also in Fallsburg at 1315 EST. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Woodbourne | $3,000 | Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down trees and wires on Riverside Drive. |
| March 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Woodbourne | $3,000 | Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down trees and wires onto Michigan Road. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Woodbourne | $1,000 | Trees were blown down. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Woodbourne | - | The New York State Mesonet station WBOU (Woodbourne) measured a gust of 59 mph. |
| July 2014 | Hail | Woodbourne | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Woodbourne | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Woodbourne | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Woodbourne | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fallsburg | 2.0 miles | 24 | |
| Hasbrouck | 2.4 miles | 22 | |
| Loch Sheldrake | 3.4 miles | 22 | |
| South Fallsburg | 3.4 miles | 25 | |
| Woodridge | 3.5 miles | 24 | |
| Divine Corners | 4.3 miles | 22 | |
| Hurleyville | 4.6 miles | 25 | |
| Mountain Dale | 5.9 miles | 24 |
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 Woodbourne | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q8032390 | 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 971607. 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.











