Frenchville, New York
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Western town. It lies in ZIP code area 13486. It stands on Wells Creek. The Survey maps it on the North Western quadrangle.
Then and now
1904 to 1985The same ground, surveyed 81 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
9 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.
- 1904 USGS Boonville quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
- 1947 USGS North Western quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS North Western quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1964 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Utica quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
29 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 29 fires within 5 miles of Frenchville between 1992 and 2019, burning about 21 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 8 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 | 13 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
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 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 14 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 24 August 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 24 August 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 21 July 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 19 July 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 30 June 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 8 May 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Frenchville in 1 storm report in 2009: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Frenchville | $2,000 | A tree fell on a house on River Road. |
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 Western | 1.2 miles | 19 | |
| Carmichael Hill | 1.5 miles | 19 | |
| Big Brook | 1.7 miles | 19 | |
| Westernville | 1.9 miles | 22 | |
| Hillside | 2.7 miles | 22 | |
| Merrick Corner | 3.9 miles | 19 | |
| Steuben | 4.0 miles | 19 | |
| Dunn Brook | 4.5 miles | 20 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 950707. 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.








