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Middleville, New York

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Fairfield town. It lies in ZIP code area 13406. It stands on Maltanner Creek. The Survey maps it on the Middleville quadrangle. 407 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 597 feet above sea level.

Middleville within Herkimer County

Then and now

1900 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 85 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Middleville, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Middleville, surveyed 1900

On record in Middleville

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

Population over time

2 figures

Middleville fell from 512 to 407 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
2010512
2020407-105 (-21%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 22 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

51 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 51 fires within 5 miles of Middleville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 61 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 9 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/undetermined22
Arson/incendiarism9
Natural6
Recreation and ceremony4
Smoking3
Other causes3
Debris and open burning3
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
7 September 2016Arson/incendiarism1.3 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
5 September 2020Natural5.0 acresFire Department of New YorkNA
27 August 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 July 2009Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
22 July 2016Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
29 June 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
14 June 2020Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresFire Department of New YorkNA
8 May 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder 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

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Middleville: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Middleville Number 6 QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Middleville Number 6 QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Herkimer County

Storms near this place

22 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Middleville in 22 storm reports between 1993 and 2024: 10 thunderstorm wind, 7 flash flood, 3 flood, 2 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
November 2019FloodMiddleville$380,000Roads and a bridge were washed out in the Town of Fairfield, prompting swiftwater rescues. The bridge on Farrington Road was washed out, stranding the residents of four homes.
November 2019FloodMiddleville$110,000The West Canada Creek reached a record high stage of 10.92 feet at Kast Bridge at 2315EST 31 October. It fell below major flood stage at 0400EST 1 November, then had a secondary crest, rising above major flood stage again at 1231EST 1 November. It remained above major flood stage until 1615EST 2 November, and fell below moderate flood stage by 0155EST 3 November. There was widespread flooding along the West Canada Creek between Middleville and Herkimer, resulting in the closure of Route 28. There was widespread flooding in the village of Middleville. Water entered structures with cars partially submerged. There were 27 evacuations as a result of the flooding. The West Canada Creek was nearing the road surface of the Route 28 bridge.
May 2000Flash FloodMiddleville$50,000no account filed
August 2008Flash FloodMiddleville$10,000Flash flooding resulted from very heavy rainfall in Middleville. Flooding was reported at the intersection of State Routes 169 and 29 at the intersection of Route 28 in Middleville. Some of this flooding was attributed to nearby Bridenbecker Creek flowing out of its banks.||In addition, three homes on South Main Street, and two on Bridge Street experienced basement flooding.
August 1993Thunderstorm WindMiddleville$5,000no account filed
July 1997Thunderstorm WindMiddleville$2,000no account filed
July 2024Thunderstorm WindMiddleville-A tree was downed blocking Castle Road near Hardscrabble Road in the Town of Fairfield.
September 2021Thunderstorm WindMiddleville-There was a report of two downed trees which fell on rental cottages in the Herkimer Diamond Mines KOA Campground.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindMiddleville-Trees were downed on Fairfield Street.
October 2019Flash FloodMiddleville-Route 28 was closed between Middleville and Poland due to flooding.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindMiddleville-Trees and wires downed.
November 2019FloodMiddleville-Route 28 was closed between Middleville and Poland due to flooding.
August 2016Thunderstorm WindMiddleville-Tree and wires were reported down on Parkhurst Road in Middleville due to thunderstorm winds.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindMiddleville-Trees were reported to be sheared off and blown into a field in Middleville as a result of thunderstorm winds. In addition, trees and wires were reported down on Route 28 as well.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindMiddleville-Trees were reported down and blocking a road due to thunderstorm winds in Newport.
June 2013Flash FloodMiddleville-Route 28 was closed in the town of Middleville due to flash flooding from heavy rainfall.
May 2011HailMiddleville-Quarter size hail (measured) was reported in Middleville during a thunderstrm by a WKTV spotter.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindMiddleville-A power pole was knocked down due to strong thunderstorm winds in Middleville.
August 2007HailMiddleville-Penny size hail, and one downed tree was reported on State Route 28 in Middleville.
July 2006Flash FloodMiddleville-An emergency manager reported that flash flooding was occurring on the streets in Middleville.
May 2004Flash FloodMiddleville-Multanner Creek out of its banks.
June 2002Flash FloodMiddleville-no account filed

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
Old City1.9 miles22
Fairfield2.9 miles22
Newport4.1 miles24
Eatonville4.4 miles22
Kast Bridge4.9 miles22
Norway4.9 miles22
Irish Settlement5.1 miles24
Farrel Corner5.9 miles24

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 MiddlevilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3458197The 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 957158. 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.