Millers Mills, New York
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Columbia town. It lies in ZIP code area 13491. It lies near Jones Hill. The Survey maps it on the Millers Mills quadrangle. It stands 1,339 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1907 to 1986The 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.


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.
- 1907 USGS Winfield quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
- 1943 USGS Millers Mills quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1945 USGS Millers Mills quadrangle1:31680
- 1946 USGS Millers Mills quadrangle1:25000
- 1948 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Millers Mills quadrangle1:25000
- 1950 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Norwich quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
33 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 33 fires within 5 miles of Millers Mills between 1999 and 2018, burning about 25 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 6 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 | 22 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 August 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 11 August 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 29 July 1999 | Smoking | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 22 July 2016 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 14 July 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 12 July 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 26 June 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 9 May 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.5 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Millers Mills: 3 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Millers Mill Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Litchfield Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Litchfield Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Millers Mills in 4 storm reports between 2009 and 2025: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Millers Mills | - | A local emergency manager reported multiple trees down and blocking Elizabethtown Rd in Ilion. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Millers Mills | - | Local fire department reported multiple trees down on Elizabethtown Road. |
| August 2009 | Flash Flood | Millers Mills | - | State Route 168 was closed with debris floating across it due to flash flooding from heavy rain. State Route 5S and Miller Mills Road at McKoons Road were closed. Also, there was flooding reported in the German Flatts area. |
| April 2019 | Hail | Millers Mills | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Millers Mills Crossing | 0.9 miles | 18 | |
| Youngs Crossing | 1.1 miles | 18 | |
| Cedarville | 1.8 miles | 18 | |
| Chepachet | 2.2 miles | 18 | |
| McCoon Crossing | 2.3 miles | 18 | |
| Cedarville Station | 2.4 miles | 18 | |
| Columbia Center | 2.5 miles | 18 | |
| Elizabethtown | 3.2 miles | 18 |
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 Millers Mills | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q48742599 | 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 957332. 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.









