New York Mills, New York
26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Whitestown town. It lies in ZIP code area 13417. It stands on Mud Creek. The Survey maps it on the Utica West quadrangle. 3,244 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 466 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1895 to 1985The same ground, surveyed 90 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


On record in New York Mills
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
- Middle Mill Historic Districtlisted 1976
Population over time
2 figuresNew York Mills fell from 3,327 to 3,244 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 | 3,327 | |
| 2020 | 3,244 | -83 (-2%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 26 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.
- 1895 USGS Oriskany quadrangle1:62500
- 1898 USGS Oriskany quadrangle1:62500, 10 printings
- 1947 USGS Rome quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1949 USGS Utica West quadrangle1:24000
- 1950 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Utica West quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1964 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Utica quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
408 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 408 fires within 5 miles of New York Mills between 2000 and 2020, burning about 252 acres in total. 30 started naturally. 43 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 | 206 |
| Smoking | 56 |
| Debris and open burning | 46 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 43 |
| Natural | 30 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 14 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 6 September 2000 | Smoking | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 5 September 2008 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 5 September 2000 | Smoking | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 3 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 26 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 25 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 23 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 12 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of New York Mills: 9 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron, Semiprecious Gemstone, Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ace of Diamonds Mine | Semiprecious Gemstone | Producer | 1967 | |
| Unnamed Brick Clay Deposit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Borst Mines | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Davis Opening | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Ellingwood Opening | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Wells Opening | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Burrows Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Doyles'Place Sand & Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Sand & Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| West Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
10 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names New York Mills in 10 storm reports between 2006 and 2021: 6 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | New York Mills | $5,000 | Strong thunderstorm winds brought down tree limbs and wires. |
| June 2013 | Flash Flood | New York Mills | $5,000 | Water from Saquoit Creek was rising rapidly, and affecting school grounds along NY Route 5A. The Clinton Street ramp was also closed due to flooding near NY Route 69 and NY 5A. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | New York Mills | $4,000 | Strong thunderstorm winds pulled a gutter off of a house and blew siding debris from a nearby building onto the roof. |
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | New York Mills | - | Trees were blown down. |
| May 2013 | Hail | New York Mills | - | no account filed |
| July 2011 | Hail | New York Mills | - | no account filed |
| August 2007 | Hail | New York Mills | - | no account filed |
| August 2007 | Hail | New York Mills | - | no account filed |
| August 2007 | Hail | New York Mills | - | no account filed |
| August 2006 | Hail | New York 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whitesboro | 1.1 miles | 26 | |
| Yorkville | 1.2 miles | 26 | |
| New Hartford | 2.2 miles | 26 | |
| Maynard | 2.8 miles | 26 | |
| Careys Corners | 2.9 miles | 26 | |
| Utica | 3.1 miles | 24 | |
| Colemans Mills | 3.3 miles | 26 | |
| Washington Mills | 3.9 miles | 26 |
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 New York Mills | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3452597 | 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 958479. 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.










