Painted Post, New York
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Erwin town. It lies in ZIP code area 14870. It stands on Hodgmans Creek. The Survey maps it on the Corning quadrangle.
Then and now
1914 to 1986The same ground, surveyed 72 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


On record in Painted Post
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 4 records
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Stationlisted 1991
First Baptist Church of Painted Postlisted 1999
US Post Office-Painted Postlisted 1989- Erwin Town Halllisted 2022
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.
- 1914 USGS Corning quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
- 1944 USGS Corning quadrangle1:62500
- 1950 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Corning quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1965 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Corning quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Hornell quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
256 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 256 fires within 5 miles of Painted Post between 1992 and 2020, burning about 309 acres in total. 14 started naturally. 31 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 | 124 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 31 |
| Debris and open burning | 27 |
| Smoking | 27 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 20 |
| Natural | 14 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2006 | Smoking | 2.0 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 6 September 2005 | Smoking | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 28 September 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.6 acres | New York Forest Rangers | WEST HILL FIRE |
| 28 September 2014 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 24 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.8 acres | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 23 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.8 acres | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 22 September 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 2 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Painted Post: 2 producers, 1 unknown, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Zirconium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corning Plant | Zirconium | Unknown | ||
| Canada Road Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Coopers Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| East Corning Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
15 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Painted Post in 15 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 9 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Painted Post | $10,000 | Thunderstorm winds blew down trees and wires. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Painted Post | $6,000 | A thunderstorm moved across the region and became severe. This thunderstorm produced severe winds and knocked over trees. Trees were also knocked over in the locations of Riverside and Hornby. |
| August 2025 | Flash Flood | Painted Post | $5,000 | Several roadways were reported to be flooded in Painted Post. |
| August 2025 | Flash Flood | Painted Post | $5,000 | Hodgmans Creek was out of its banks and flooding nearby roads. |
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Painted Post | $5,000 | Structural damage occurred to buildings. |
| July 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Painted Post | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Painted Post | $3,000 | Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down trees and wires over a road. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Painted Post | $2,000 | Large tree limbs were broken in the Painted Post area. |
| August 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Painted Post | $1,000 | A thunderstorm moved across the region and became severe. This thunderstorm produced severe winds and knocked over a tree onto Victory Highway. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Painted Post | - | Several trees were knocked down. |
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Painted Post | - | Large branches were broken. |
| May 2007 | Hail | Painted Post | - | no account filed |
| July 2007 | Hail | Painted Post | - | no account filed |
| August 2007 | Hail | Painted Post | - | no account filed |
| August 2007 | Hail | Painted Post | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Riverside | 0.7 miles | 23 | |
| Gang Mills | 1.4 miles | 23 | |
| Denmark | 2.2 miles | 23 | |
| Corning | 2.5 miles | 23 | |
| Coopers Plains | 2.9 miles | 23 | |
| Gibson | 3.7 miles | 23 | |
| South Corning | 4.1 miles | 22 | |
| Erwins | 4.4 miles | 23 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 959764. 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.








