Centerville, New York
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Centerville town. It lies near Swift Hill. The Survey maps it on the Houghton quadrangle.
Then and now
1906 to 1986The same ground, surveyed 80 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


On record in Centerville
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
Centerville Town Halllisted 2009
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 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 Angelica quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
- 1941 USGS Angelica quadrangle1:62500
- 1960 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Houghton quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1967 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Houghton quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Olean quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
45 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 45 fires within 5 miles of Centerville between 1997 and 2020, burning about 60 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 3 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 | 29 |
| Debris and open burning | 11 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 4 August 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 8 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 25 July 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 25 July 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 6 June 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 May 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 May 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected near this place
12 of 171 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 171 specimens collected within 10 miles of Centerville between 1860 and 1974: 108 Animalia, 54 Plantae, 7 Fungi, 2 Protozoa. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Andrew R. Moldenke, Ball & King, Ball, G. E. and others. Each is a physical object with a catalogue number, and each entry opens the museum's record. This is what was collected and kept, not a survey of what lives here - nothing can be concluded from a species being absent.
| Image | Species | Year | Collected by | Where, as recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Coleosporium Lév., 1847 | 1936 | T.B. Rundle | |
![]() | Septoria convolvuli Desm. | 1939 | M. F. Barrus | Smith Bros. Farm |
![]() | Wynnea americana Thaxt. | 1967 | G. M. Smith | Near Letchworth |
![]() | Leucichthys Dybowski, 1874 | 1860 | C. Heacox | Caneadea Dam or Rushford Lake |
![]() | Acronicta albarufa Grote, 1874 | 1877 | Lintner | Center |
![]() | Acronicta tritona Hübner, 1818 | 1877 | Lintner | Center |
![]() | Epiglaea decliva Grote, 1874 | 1877 | not recorded | Center |
![]() | Lithophane amanda Smith, 1900 | 1877 | Lintner | Center |
![]() | Lithophane querquera Grote, 1874 | 1877 | Hill, W.W. | Center |
![]() | Lithophane semiusta Grote, 1874 | 1877 | Lintner | Center |
![]() | Lithophane tepida Grote, 1874 | 1877 | Hill, W.W. | Center |
![]() | Molothrus ater ater (Boddaert, 1783) | 1885 | Charles C. Cook | Centerville |
All 171 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Centerville: 3 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Salt, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gravel Products Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Matt Connor No.1 Well | Salt | Past Producer | ||
| T.J.& M.Williams Well | Salt | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Salt Well | Salt | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
6 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Centerville in 6 storm reports between 1994 and 2018: 3 flash flood, 2 thunderstorm wind, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2005 | Flash Flood | Centerville | $15,000 | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Centerville | $15,000 | no account filed |
| January 1998 | Flash Flood | Centerville | $10,000 | no account filed |
| September 2018 | Lightning | Centerville | $5,000 | A trained spotter reported a lightning strike on a house that resulted in electrical damage to the home. |
| June 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Centerville | $5,000 | no account filed |
| January 1998 | Flash Flood | Centerville | $1,000 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Higgins | 2.5 miles | 17 | |
| Fairview | 4.3 miles | 14 | |
| Hume | 6.0 miles | 17 | |
| Rushford | 6.0 miles | 14 | |
| Houghton | 6.3 miles | 17 | |
| Balcom Beach | 6.9 miles | 17 | |
| Mills Mills | 7.0 miles | 18 | |
| Fillmore | 7.2 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 969984. 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.
Specimens. Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), https://www.gbif.org/. Only records licensed CC0 or CC BY are used. Records licensed CC BY-NC are excluded because this site carries advertising. Images are checked individually and any whose licence is non-commercial, no-derivatives or unreadable is refused.
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.




















