East Rochester, New York
26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1984. It stands in East Rochester town. It lies in ZIP code area 14445. It stands on Thomas Creek. The Survey maps it on the Fairport quadrangle. 6,334 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 436 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1900 to 1984The same ground, surveyed 84 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


On record in East Rochester
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
US Post Office-East Rochesterlisted 1988
Population over time
2 figuresEast Rochester fell from 6,587 to 6,334 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 | 6,587 | |
| 2020 | 6,334 | -253 (-4%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 26 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.
- 1900 USGS Macedon quadrangle1:62500, 8 printings
- 1932 USGS Fairport quadrangle1:24000
- 1934 USGS Fairport quadrangle1:24000
- 1943 USGS Fairport quadrangle1:31680
- 1952 USGS Fairport quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1965 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Fairport quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
611 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 611 fires within 5 miles of East Rochester between 2000 and 2020, burning about 343 acres in total. 56 started naturally. 69 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 | 303 |
| Smoking | 90 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 69 |
| Natural | 56 |
| Debris and open burning | 44 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 21 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 16 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 8 September 2016 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 8 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 8 September 2005 | Smoking | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 8 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 8 September 2002 | Smoking | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of East Rochester: 4 producers, 3 past producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Penfield Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Mendon Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Mendon Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Pittsford Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Pittsford Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Redman Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Redman Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary |
Storms near this place
7 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names East Rochester in 7 storm reports between 2013 and 2025: 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 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 2013 | Flood | East Rochester | $10,000 | no account filed |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | East Rochester | $2,000 | Power pole broken and lines down on Glazer Dr. |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | East Rochester | $1,000 | A tree was reported down onto power lines on the 900 block of South Washington. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | East Rochester | $500 | Very large tree downed on Crestline Dr. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | East Rochester | $500 | Large tree down blocking the eastbound lanes of NY Route 441. |
| September 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | East Rochester | $500 | A large tree was reported down in East Rochester via Twitter. |
| October 2021 | Flood | East Rochester | - | Flooding was reported in the low lying areas along the Irondequoit Creek between Ellison Park and Powder Mills Park. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Penfield | 1.6 miles | 26 | |
| Harper Park Rochester | 1.8 miles | 31 | |
| Pittsford | 1.9 miles | 32 | |
| Fairport | 2.5 miles | 26 | |
| Bushnell Basin | 3.5 miles | 26 | |
| Hannans Corner | 3.6 miles | 26 | |
| East Penfield | 4.2 miles | 26 | |
| Brighton | 4.3 miles | 31 |
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 Rochester | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3476557 | 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 949232. 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.









