Hannawa Falls, New York
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Pierrepont town. It lies in ZIP code area 13676. The Survey maps it on the Colton quadrangle. 975 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 558 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1908 to 1994The same ground, surveyed 86 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1908 against another survey:
On record in Hannawa Falls
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 1 record
Gardner Cox Houselisted 1986
Population over time
2 figuresHannawa Falls fell from 1,042 to 975 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,042 | |
| 2020 | 975 | -67 (-6%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 18 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.
- 1908 USGS Potsdam quadrangle1:62500, 7 printings
- 1943 USGS Colton quadrangle1:31680
- 1943 USGS Colton quadrangle1:24000
- 1948 USGS Ogdensburg quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1951 USGS Ogdensburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Ogdensburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Ogdensburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Colton quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Massena quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Massena quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
147 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 147 fires within 5 miles of Hannawa Falls between 2000 and 2020, burning about 137 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 15 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 | 97 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 15 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 13 |
| Debris and open burning | 12 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 5 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 27 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 24 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 23 September 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 20 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 2 September 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 17 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 11 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Hannawa Falls: 7 past producers, 3 producers, 1 occurrence. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Iron. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Iron Deposit | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Clarkson Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | Surface | |
| Potsdam Red Sandstone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Potsdam Sandstone Co. Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | Surface | |
| Bicknell Brothers S & G Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Frank Randall Pit No. 1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Pit No. 2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
5 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hannawa Falls in 5 storm reports between 2012 and 2025: 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hannawa Falls | $25,000 | Multiple trees uprooted and snapped with estimated winds by local police of 60 knots. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hannawa Falls | $20,000 | Several trees and utility lines downed by thunderstorm winds. |
| August 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hannawa Falls | $10,000 | Several reports of trees, branches down on utility lines in the Hannawa Falls-West Parishville area. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hannawa Falls | $5,000 | Law enforcement reported a downed tree and limbs due to thunderstorm winds on Root road. Power outages as well. |
| August 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hannawa Falls | $2,000 | Tree down on utility lines caused by thunderstorm winds. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coney Island | 0.4 miles | 18 | |
| West Parishville | 1.3 miles | 18 | |
| Willisville | 2.2 miles | 18 | |
| Potsdam | 4.0 miles | 19 | |
| Colton | 4.4 miles | 18 | |
| Parishville Center | 4.5 miles | 19 | |
| High Flats | 4.5 miles | 18 | |
| Sinclair Corner | 4.8 miles | 19 |
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 Hannawa Falls | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5891821 | 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 976407. 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.









