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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.

Woodbourne within Sullivan County

Then and now

1910 to 1986

The 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.

Topographic sheet of Woodbourne, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Woodbourne, surveyed 1910

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

Population over time

2 figures

Woodbourne 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.

YearPeople Change
20102,098
2020411-1,687 (-80%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 22 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

164 since 1998

Regional 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/undetermined69
Arson/incendiarism26
Debris and open burning19
Equipment and vehicle use10
Smoking9
Natural9
Other causes8
Recreation and ceremony7
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Misuse of fire by a minor3

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
26 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
24 September 2014Smoking1.2 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
24 September 2005Recreation and ceremony2.5 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
19 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
10 September 2002Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
10 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 August 2015Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
9 August 2012Natural4.5 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sullivan County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Maston Lake PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Maston Lake PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Sullivan County

Storms near this place

14 since 1996

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2002LightningWoodbourne$50,000Lightning started a house fire in Woodbourne on Mongaup Road. The house was destroyed. House cost is an estimate.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindWoodbourne$10,000Strong thunderstorm winds brought down trees and wires near 461 Route 52.
November 1996Thunderstorm WindWoodbourne$10,000no account filed
August 2019Thunderstorm WindWoodbourne$5,000Strong thunderstorm winds brought down a tree and wires near 141 Michigan Road.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindWoodbourne$5,000Thunderstorm winds downed trees and wires.
June 2002Thunderstorm WindWoodbourne$5,000Power lines and trees down in Woodbourne and Summitville. Power lines and trees down also in Fallsburg at 1315 EST.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindWoodbourne$3,000Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down trees and wires on Riverside Drive.
March 2022Thunderstorm WindWoodbourne$3,000Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down trees and wires onto Michigan Road.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindWoodbourne$1,000Trees were blown down.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindWoodbourne-The New York State Mesonet station WBOU (Woodbourne) measured a gust of 59 mph.
July 2014HailWoodbourne-no account filed
June 2009HailWoodbourne-no account filed
June 2008HailWoodbourne-no account filed
June 2008HailWoodbourne-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Sullivan 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
Fallsburg2.0 miles24
Hasbrouck2.4 miles22
Loch Sheldrake3.4 miles22
South Fallsburg3.4 miles25
Woodridge3.5 miles24
Divine Corners4.3 miles22
Hurleyville4.6 miles25
Mountain Dale5.9 miles24

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 WoodbourneAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q8032390The 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.