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Yonkers, New York

42 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1998. It stands in Yonkers City. It lies in ZIP code area 10701. It stands on Saw Mill River. The Survey maps it on the Yonkers quadrangle. 211,569 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 82 feet above sea level.

Yonkers within Westchester County

Then and now

1891 to 1998

The same ground, surveyed 107 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Yonkers, surveyed 1998
Topographic sheet of Yonkers, surveyed 1891

Compare 1891 against another survey:

On record in Yonkers

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 12 of 28 shown

Every listing in Westchester County

Population over time

2 figures

Yonkers grew from 195,976 to 211,569 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
2010195,976
2020211,569+15,593 (+8%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 surveys from 42 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

1,242 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1,242 fires within 5 miles of Yonkers between 2000 and 2020, burning about 584 acres in total. 71 started naturally. 84 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/undetermined868
Recreation and ceremony87
Arson/incendiarism84
Natural71
Smoking71
Debris and open burning21
Equipment and vehicle use21
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Other causes5
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Railroad operations and maintenance3

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
9 September 2015Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
9 September 2015Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
9 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Westchester County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Yonkers: 4 past producers, 1 plant. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, REE, Copper. 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
(Facility) Laurel Hill RefineryCopper, Gold, Nickel, Silver, Tellurium, Selenium, Palladium, PlatinumPlant
Bergenfield PlantREEPast Producer
Star Sand and Gravel Inc. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Hickory Lane QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer1890
Taverniere & JohnsonStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer1897, 1908

Every working recorded in Westchester County

Storms near this place

27 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Yonkers in 27 storm reports between 1994 and 2023: 12 thunderstorm wind, 6 flash flood, 4 hail, 2 lightning. The reports record 4 injuries. 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
May 1997LightningYonkers2 hurtno account filed
July 1996LightningYonkers1 hurtA cluster of thunderstorms over Westchester County produced lightning which struck a woman around 8 am EST in Yonkers, causing her minor injury.
April 1995Thunderstorm WindYonkers1 hurtno account filed
July 2010Thunderstorm WindYonkers$7,500Multiple trees and power lines were reported down in Yonkers.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindYonkers$3,000Wires were reported down throughout Yonkers.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindYonkers$2,000Multiple trees and wires reported down by Skywarn Coordinator across the town of Yonkers.
September 2023Flash FloodYonkers-Bronx River Parkway closed at Cross County Parkway due to flooding. All lanes closed.
September 2023Flash FloodYonkers-Bronx River Parkway closed at Cross County Parkway due to flooding. All lanes closed.
December 2018Flash FloodYonkers-The Bronx River Parkway was closed in both directions between the Sprain Brook Parkway and Exit 21 (Main Street) in White Plains due to flooding.
August 2017HailYonkers-Nickel sized hail was reported in Yonkers by a trained spotter.
August 2009Funnel CloudYonkers-Two funnel clouds were reported over Scarsdale.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindYonkers-Tree down at N. Broadway at Odell Ave.
October 2006Flash FloodYonkers-Heavy rain produced flash flooding along portions of the Bronx River Parkway in Yonkers, where the road was closed.
September 2005Thunderstorm WindYonkers-Trees and power lines downed in Yonkers. Penny size hail was also reported in New Rochelle from the same thunderstorm that hit Yonkers.
July 2005Thunderstorm WindYonkers-Numerous trees and power lines downed.
August 2002Thunderstorm WindYonkers-A spotter reported several power lines down from this storm. Local newspapers reported that numerous trees and large tree limbs were knocked down which resulted in the loss of power for 20,000 residents and damage to Bronxville's Village Hall and school.
May 1994HailYonkers-Isolated thunderstorms developed in a moderately unstable airmass during the afternoon hours. Dime-size hail was observed in Yonkers while numerous reports were received of hail in the range between 1/4 and 1/2 inch.
June 2011HailYonkers-no account filed
April 2007Flash FloodYonkers-no account filed
July 2006Flash FloodYonkers-no account filed
August 2001FloodYonkers-no account filed
July 2000Heavy RainYonkers-no account filed
January 1998Thunderstorm WindYonkers-no account filed
August 1997HailYonkers-no account filed
July 1997Thunderstorm WindYonkers-no account filed
April 1996Thunderstorm WindYonkers-no account filed
October 1995Thunderstorm WindYonkers-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Westchester 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
Ludlow0.2 miles42
Park Hill0.7 miles42
Lowerre1.1 miles42
Glenwood1.2 miles42
Dunwoodie Heights1.7 miles42
Kinross Heights1.8 miles42
Dunwoodie1.9 miles42
Lincoln1.9 miles42

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 YonkersAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q128114The 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 971828. 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.