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Erieville, New York

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Nelson town. It lies in ZIP code area 13061. It lies near Jackass Hill. The Survey maps it on the Erieville quadrangle. It stands 1,545 feet above sea level.

Erieville within Madison County

Then and now

1897 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 89 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Erieville, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Erieville, surveyed 1897

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 18 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

24 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 24 fires within 5 miles of Erieville between 1992 and 2018, burning about 9 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 6 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/undetermined8
Arson/incendiarism6
Debris and open burning5
Natural3
Equipment and vehicle use1
Recreation and ceremony1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
26 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 August 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 July 2007Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 June 2009Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
26 June 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
16 June 2014Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
13 June 1992Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
8 May 2010Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Madison County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Erieville: 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Dwight Graham No.1 WellSaltPast Producer

Every working recorded in Madison County

Storms near this place

5 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Erieville in 5 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2025Thunderstorm WindErieville$8,000Strong thunderstorm winds uprooted or snapped numerous trees which caused damage to surrounding homes.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindErieville$5,000Trees and wires were blown down near Torpy Road. A roof was blown off of a house near Route 26 and Erieville Road.
June 1994Thunderstorm WindErieville$5,000no account filed
May 2017Thunderstorm WindErieville$4,000A thunderstorm moved across the region and became severe. This thunderstorm produced severe winds and knocked down multiple power lines.
June 2007HailErieville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Madison County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Juddville4.6 miles20
Nelson4.7 miles20
Sheds4.8 miles18
Abell Corners5.0 miles20
Williams Corners5.2 miles18
New Woodstock5.2 miles18
West Eaton5.3 miles18
Ballina5.8 miles20

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.

Wikidata item Q122596130The 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 949689. 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.