East Pharsalia, New York
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Pharsalia town. It lies in ZIP code area 13801. It lies near Berry Hill. The Survey maps it on the East Pharsalia quadrangle. It stands 1,591 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1903 to 1986The same ground, surveyed 83 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 19 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.
- 1903 USGS Norwich quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1943 USGS East Pharsalia quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1943 USGS Norwich quadrangle1:62500
- 1944 USGS East Pharsalia quadrangle1:31680
- 1944 USGS Norwich quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Norwich quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
52 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 52 fires within 5 miles of East Pharsalia between 1997 and 2020, burning about 52 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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 | 25 |
| Debris and open burning | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Smoking | 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 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | BALSAM POND 1 |
| 27 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 24 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 21 September 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 7 August 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 5 August 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 3 August 2005 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 31 July 1997 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names East Pharsalia in 4 storm reports between 2013 and 2025: 2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. 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 2025 | Flash Flood | East Pharsalia | $15,000 | Flood inundation up to a residence along Geneganstslet Creek was occurring near the intersection of Hurlburt Road and Pike Road. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | East Pharsalia | $10,000 | Multiple trees were blown down on County Route 7. Poles with wires were blown down on County Route 10. |
| August 2023 | Hail | East Pharsalia | - | no account filed |
| May 2013 | Hail | East Pharsalia | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Pharsalia | 3.6 miles | 19 | |
| Pharsalia | 3.8 miles | 17 | |
| East McDonough | 4.5 miles | 18 | |
| McDonough | 4.9 miles | 17 | |
| Kirk | 5.1 miles | 19 | |
| Preston | 5.2 miles | 19 | |
| Northwest Corners | 5.8 miles | 16 | |
| Pitcher Springs | 6.2 miles | 17 |
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 East Pharsalia | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q48740500 | 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 949204. 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.
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.









