Brasher Falls, New York
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Brasher town. It lies in ZIP code area 13613. It stands on Bell Brook. The Survey maps it on the Brasher Falls quadrangle. 674 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 289 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1906 to 1994The same ground, surveyed 88 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1906 against another survey:
On record in Brasher Falls
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 1 record
Dr. Buck-Stevens Houselisted 1982
Population over time
2 figuresBrasher Falls grew from 669 to 674 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 | 669 | |
| 2020 | 674 | +5 (+1%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 17 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.
- 1906 USGS Massena quadrangle1:62500
- 1907 USGS Massena quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
- 1946 USGS Brasher Falls quadrangle1:24000
- 1948 USGS Ogdensburg quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1951 USGS Ogdensburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Ogdensburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Ogdensburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Brasher Falls quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Massena quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Massena quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
103 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 103 fires within 5 miles of Brasher Falls between 2002 and 2020, burning about 95 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 32 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 | 45 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 32 |
| Debris and open burning | 10 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Smoking | 4 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 12 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 9 August 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 6 August 2016 | Smoking | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 29 August 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 28 August 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 27 August 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 26 August 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | 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 Brasher Falls: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elmer Randall Pits | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Elmer Randall Pits | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Brasher Falls in 2 storm reports between 2007 and 2015: 1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brasher Falls | $5,000 | Trees and branches down on County route 49. |
| May 2007 | Hail | Brasher Falls | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winthrop | 1.1 miles | 17 | |
| Skinnerville | 2.7 miles | 17 | |
| East Part | 3.4 miles | 17 | |
| Brasher Center | 4.2 miles | 17 | |
| Wagstaff Corner | 4.5 miles | 15 | |
| Stockholm Center | 4.5 miles | 17 | |
| Buckton | 4.8 miles | 19 | |
| North Lawrence | 5.2 miles | 15 |
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 Brasher Falls | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q8251681 | 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 976018. 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.









