THE THIELLS LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Glaciated Triassic Lowlands setting.
Thiells CDP has 1.82 square miles of land in Rockland County. Its Census reference point is in Glaciated Triassic Lowlands, within Northern Piedmont.
Rounded low hills, open valleys and irregular plains form a transition between Appalachian highlands and the coastal plain. The underlying geology mixes metamorphic, igneous and sedimentary rocks.
Regional context: Northern Piedmont ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Thiells and Rockland County
Thiells is associated with Rockland County in the Census boundary data. Start with the parcel’s tax bill to match the property to that jurisdiction, then confirm which government handles its land use.
Thiells by land and water
The Census records 0.03 square miles of water within Thiells, or 1.7% of its total area. It is 11.2 percentage points lower than the 12.9% recorded for Rockland County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Thiells CDP has 1.2 times the land area of nearby Mount Ivy CDP (1.47 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

