East Varick, New York
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Varick town. It lies in ZIP code area 14541. It stands on Red Creek. The Survey maps it on the Romulus quadrangle.
Then and now
1902 to 1986The 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 Varick
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 within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
- Simon Ritter Cobblestone Farmhouselisted 2008 · 0.9 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 22 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.
- 1902 USGS Geneva quadrangle1:62500, 7 printings
- 1943 USGS Romulus quadrangle1:31680
- 1950 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Romulus quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1965 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Auburn quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
48 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 48 fires within 5 miles of East Varick between 2000 and 2020, burning about 49 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 22 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 22 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 2 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 13 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 8 August 2001 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 6 August 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 19 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 19 August 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 3 July 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of East Varick: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Salt. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aurora Well | Salt | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names East Varick in 2 storm reports between 2015 and 2026: 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 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | East Varick | $20,000 | A severe thunderstorm moved over the area and produced severe winds which resulted in multiple trees, wires and limbs down over the area. |
| March 2026 | Flash Flood | East Varick | $2,000 | Officials reported the closure of NY State Route 89 near Ernsberger Road due to flooding. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| McDuffie Town | 1.2 miles | 22 | |
| Marsh Corner | 2.4 miles | 25 | |
| Poplar Beach | 3.1 miles | 25 | |
| Romulus | 3.6 miles | 22 | |
| Fayette | 3.7 miles | 22 | |
| Kuneytown | 4.6 miles | 22 | |
| Elm Beach | 4.9 miles | 23 | |
| Hayt Corners | 5.2 miles | 25 |
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 Varick | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q56276175 | 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 949262. 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.







