Leicester, New York
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Leicester town. It lies in ZIP code area 14481. It stands on Little Beards Creek. The Survey maps it on the Leicester quadrangle. 440 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 650 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1904 to 1983The same ground, surveyed 79 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


On record in Leicester
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 2 records
Coverdale Cobblestone Houselisted 2005
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Stationlisted 2005
Population over time
2 figuresLeicester fell from 468 to 440 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 | 468 | |
| 2020 | 440 | -28 (-6%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 23 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 Caledonia quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
- 1944 USGS Leicester quadrangle1:31680
- 1950 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1951 USGS Caledonia quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1951 USGS Leicester quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1965 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Canandaigua quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
145 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 145 fires within 5 miles of Leicester between 2000 and 2020, burning about 125 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 37 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 | 68 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 37 |
| Smoking | 16 |
| Natural | 9 |
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
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 2016 | Smoking | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 3 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 27 September 2016 | Smoking | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 22 September 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 2 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 10 September 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 8 August 2014 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 8 August 2014 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 12 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Leicester: 6 past producers, 5 producers, 1 plant. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Salt, Halite, Potassium, Gypsum-Anhydrite, Natural Gas. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Highway Dept. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| K.Davis No.1 Well | Salt, Natural Gas | Past Producer | ||
| Reynolds Quarry | Flagstone | Producer | ||
| Old Retsof Shaft | Halite, Potassium, Gypsum-Anhydrite | Producer | 1884 | |
| Retsof Mine | Halite, Potassium, Gypsum-Anhydrite | Producer | 1884 | |
| F.Eaton Well | Salt | Past Producer | ||
| Fuller Shaft | Salt | Producer | ||
| Geo.F.Hudson Well | Salt | Past Producer | ||
| Phoenix Salt Well | Salt | Past Producer | ||
| Retsof Shaft & Mill | Salt | Plant |
Storms near this place
9 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Leicester in 9 storm reports between 1998 and 2026: 8 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leicester | $20,000 | Law enforcement reported power poles and lines downed by thunderstorm winds. |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leicester | $20,000 | no account filed |
| January 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leicester | $10,000 | Law enforcement reported trees and power lines down. |
| August 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leicester | $10,000 | Trees and wires were downed by thunderstorm winds. |
| October 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leicester | $6,000 | Law enforcement reported wires downed by thunderstorm winds. |
| January 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leicester | $2,000 | Trees and powerlines downed in the town of Leicester. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leicester | $2,000 | A few trees and wires downed in the Town of Leicester. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leicester | $2,000 | Trees and wires were reported down onto Main Street in Leicester. |
| October 2024 | Hail | Leicester | - | Observed on the north side of Leicester. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cuylerville | 1.4 miles | 24 | |
| Teed Corners | 1.8 miles | 23 | |
| Pine Tavern | 2.1 miles | 23 | |
| Wadsworth | 3.3 miles | 23 | |
| Mount Morris | 3.4 miles | 21 | |
| Shaker Crossing | 3.6 miles | 21 | |
| Tryons Corners | 3.9 miles | 23 | |
| Greigsville | 4.0 miles | 23 |
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 Leicester | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3461064 | 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 955183. 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.








