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Woodbury, New York

35 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Woodbury town. It lies in ZIP code area 10930. It stands on Mineral Spring Brook. The Survey maps it on the Popolopen Lake quadrangle. 12,197 people lived here at the 2020 count.

Woodbury within Orange County

Then and now

1902 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 92 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Woodbury, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Woodbury, surveyed 1902

Compare 1902 against another survey:

On record in Woodbury

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 within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Population over time

2 figures

Woodbury grew from 11,353 to 12,197 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
201011,353
202012,197+844 (+7%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 35 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

1,116 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1,116 fires within 5 miles of Woodbury between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,241 acres in total. 31 started naturally. 111 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/undetermined485
Debris and open burning345
Arson/incendiarism111
Misuse of fire by a minor53
Equipment and vehicle use37
Natural31
Smoking18
Recreation and ceremony16
Fireworks12
Other causes5
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
8 September 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
7 September 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
7 September 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
7 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2010Debris and open burningunder 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

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Woodbury: 8 past producers, 2 producers, 2 occurrences, 1 prospect. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gemstone, Zirconium. 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
Bog Meadow Pond DepositZirconiumOccurrence
Fall Hill Wernerite DepositGemstoneOccurrence
Blooming Grove PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
High Mills Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
High Mills Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Highland Mills PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Bull MineIronPast Producer
Bull MineIronPast ProducerMagnetite
Forest of Dean MineIronPast ProducerMagnetite
Ranier Hill ProspectIronProspect

Every working recorded in Orange County

Storms near this place

10 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Woodbury in 10 storm reports between 1994 and 2023: 5 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 1 hail, 1 funnel cloud. 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
June 2013Thunderstorm WindWoodbury$7,500Numerous trees were reported down throughout town.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindWoodbury$5,000Numerous trees were reported down throughout town.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindWoodbury$3,000Tree and wires down on Quaker Road and Evans Avenue.
July 2023Flash FloodWoodbury-Woodbury Road and Trout Brook Roads and closed in both directions due to flooding.
July 2023Flash FloodWoodbury-NY 293 is closed due to flooding in both directions.
July 2023Flash FloodWoodbury-Basement flooding on Rainbow Drive with the fire department responding.
August 2003Thunderstorm WindWoodbury-no account filed
July 2000Funnel CloudWoodbury-no account filed
July 1994HailWoodbury-no account filed
July 1994Thunderstorm WindWoodbury-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
Highland Mills1.6 miles32
Highland Lake Estates2.1 miles32
Central Valley2.4 miles35
Mountain Lodge Park2.5 miles31
Woodbury Meadows2.6 miles32
Lebanon2.8 miles32
Mountainville2.9 miles35
Kiryas Joel3.6 miles32

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 WoodburyAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3472130The 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 973286. 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.