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Gravesville, New York

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Russia town. It lies in ZIP code area 13431. It stands on Mill Creek. The Survey maps it on the Hinckley quadrangle.

Gravesville within Herkimer County

Then and now

1897 to 1985

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 Gravesville, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Gravesville, surveyed 1897

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 25 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

36 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 36 fires within 5 miles of Gravesville between 1997 and 2020, burning about 40 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 3 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/undetermined18
Debris and open burning4
Arson/incendiarism3
Natural3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Other causes2
Smoking2
Recreation and ceremony2

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
28 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresFire Department of New YorkNA
22 August 1999Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
21 August 2002Naturalunder an acreNew York Forest RangersHINCKLEY RESERVOIR
18 August 2017Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
21 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
12 July 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
16 June 1997Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
8 May 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Herkimer County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Gravesville: 7 past producers, 3 producers. 3 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
Barneeveld PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Barneveld Sand & Gravel No 2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Bienick PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Mccartney PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Number 2 PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Pit No 2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Plant Number 2 Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Poland PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Spear PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Trenton Town PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Herkimer County

Storms near this place

10 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gravesville in 10 storm reports between 2011 and 2025: 7 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 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
April 2011FloodGravesville$572,000The West Canada Creek and its tributaries were out of their banks and causing widespread flooding of roadways and basements. Middleville residents sandbagged their properties Thursday morning, April 28th, trying to keep the water from the West Canada Creek at bay.||The following roads were reported closed due to flooding: |In Poland: Route 8 from village line to Route 10, washed away in several locations. |In Russia: Military Road from Route 8 to Buck Hill, Grant Road from Russia Road to Military Road, Mill Road to Russia Road, Patridge Hill Road, and Gravestone Road from Russia Road to Route 28 northern section. |In Newport: Brayton Road, Strumlock Road and Route 28 near the high school.|In Frankfort: Ferguson, Welshbush and Broad Streets.|In Middleville: Fishing Rock Road and the Middleville Bridge.|In Ohio: Bussey Bridge between Route 8 to Route 365, Fisher Road from Route 8 to Fisher Lane Road, Route 8 from the village of Poland line to Route 10 in Hamilton County, Stantmire Road, and Atwood Lake Road to Route 8.|In Litchfiield: Holcomb Gulf Road.|In Columbia: House Road from Smith Road.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindGravesville-A local emergency manager reported trees and wires down blocking Dover Road.
September 2021Thunderstorm WindGravesville-There was a report of a tree blocking Partridge Hill Road.
May 2020Thunderstorm WindGravesville-A National Weather Service storm survey team, along with Emergency Management, determined that a macroburst impacted the areas of Russia, Norway and Ohio in central Herkimer County. This macroburst resulted in numerous large hardwood trees uprooted or snapped about a third to halfway up along with power poles snapped with significant power outages. Areas hardest hit were along Grant Road and Fisher Road. There were also several trees downed at Pardeeville Road and Dan Davis Road in Ohio. A large tree went through a small house on Fisher Road. A secondary area of damage was in the Adirondack Campground where an un-anchored trailer flipped and was dragged several feet to its resting place. Numerous hardwood trees were also observed to be uprooted or snapped about a third to halfway up. All debris was pointed in an east-northeast direction.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindGravesville-Several trees were reported down.
August 2017Thunderstorm WindGravesville-Multiple trees were knocked down on Simpson Road.
August 2017Thunderstorm WindGravesville-Trees and wires knocked down on Dover Road.
August 2017Thunderstorm WindGravesville-Multiple trees were knocked down on Military Road near Gauss Rd.
April 2011Flash FloodGravesville-The West Canada Creek and its tributaries were out of their banks and causing widespread flooding of roadways with the shoulders of many roads washed away. Widespread basement flooding also occurred. ||The following roads were reported closed due to flooding:|Route 8 between Route 28 in Poland and Route 10 in Piseco, washed away in several locations.|Route 8/28 bridge across the West Canada Creek at the Herkimer-Onieda county border.|Route 28 between the villages of Middleville and Newport.|Route 168 east of Route 28 in the Town of Mohawk.
May 2011Flash FloodGravesville-A small creek was reported overflowing its banks and running over Russia Road just west of Military Road in Poland.

Every storm recorded in Herkimer 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
Russia1.7 miles25
Poland3.4 miles24
Cold Brook4.1 miles24
Brayton Corners4.1 miles24
Grant5.3 miles25
Farrel Corner6.1 miles24
Northwood7.0 miles25
Newport7.0 miles24

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 951602. 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.