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Freeville, New York

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Dryden town. It lies in ZIP code area 13068. It stands on Mud Creek. The Survey maps it on the Groton quadrangle. 498 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,043 feet above sea level.

Freeville within Tompkins County

Then and now

1898 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 88 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Freeville, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Freeville, surveyed 1898

Population over time

2 figures

Freeville fell from 520 to 498 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.

YearPeople Change
2010520
2020498-22 (-4%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 24 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

70 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 70 fires within 5 miles of Freeville between 1999 and 2020, burning about 52 acres in total. 7 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/undetermined34
Debris and open burning17
Natural7
Arson/incendiarism6
Smoking3
Equipment and vehicle use3

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
8 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
22 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
22 September 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
18 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 August 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
26 August 2020Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
20 July 2016Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
17 July 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tompkins County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Freeville: 2 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Mott Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Osbecks PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Oskecks PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Talari Co-Talsons Jr. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Tompkins County

Storms near this place

14 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Freeville in 14 storm reports between 1995 and 2022: 12 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
October 2021Flash FloodFreeville$25,000Flooding of properties along Mott Road in Dryden reported via social media.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindFreeville$12,000Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down multiple trees around Freeville. One tree fell onto a car, and another large tree fell onto a house, resulting in minor roof damage.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindFreeville$10,000Strong thunderstorm winds brought down a tree and wires on NY Route 366. All lanes were closed between Upper Creek Road and Johnson Road.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindFreeville$10,000Many trees and powerlines were blown down.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindFreeville$7,000Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down several trees and some wires.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindFreeville$5,000Strong thunderstorm winds brought down multiple trees.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindFreeville$5,000Multiple trees were blown down.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindFreeville$5,000Multiple trees were blown down.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindFreeville$3,000Strong winds from an outflow boundary knocked down trees and powerlines down onto roadway.
June 1995Thunderstorm WindFreeville$3,000no account filed
August 2007Thunderstorm WindFreeville$2,000Numerous tree branches were blown down. A wind gust was estimated at 60 mph after an anemometer measured over 40 mph then broke.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindFreeville$1,000A large tree was blown down on wires, partially blocking Route 366.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindFreeville-This gust was measured by a roof top anemometer.
June 2007HailFreeville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Tompkins 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
Red Mills1.6 miles24
Willow Glen1.9 miles27
Peruton2.4 miles24
Lacy Corners2.6 miles24
Etna2.8 miles27
Peruville2.8 miles24
Country Manor Estates2.9 miles27
Dryden3.1 miles27

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 FreevilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q977219The 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 950679. 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.