Pamelia Center, New York
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Pamelia town. It lies in ZIP code area 13601. The Survey maps it on the Brownville quadrangle. 471 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 469 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1903 to 1985The same ground, surveyed 82 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
9 surveys from 20 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.
- 1903 USGS Theresa quadrangle1:62500, 8 printings
- 1943 USGS Brownville quadrangle1:31680
- 1948 USGS Ogdensburg quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Theresa quadrangle1:62500
- 1951 USGS Ogdensburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Ogdensburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Brownville quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Ogdensburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Gouverneur quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
341 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 341 fires within 5 miles of Pamelia Center between 2000 and 2020, burning about 236 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 87 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 | 160 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 87 |
| Debris and open burning | 36 |
| Smoking | 25 |
| Natural | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 8 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 6 September 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 6 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 6 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 4 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 3 September 2007 | Smoking | 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
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Pamelia Center: 2 past producers, 1 producer, 1 occurrence. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Iron, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dead Creek Occurrence | Iron | Occurrence | 1943 | |
| La Fargville Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Watertown Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Watertown Quarry and Mill | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Noseville | 2.6 miles | 20 | |
| Calcium | 3.2 miles | 21 | |
| Sanfords Four Corners | 3.5 miles | 21 | |
| Glen Park | 4.4 miles | 20 | |
| Watertown | 4.5 miles | 23 | |
| Huntingtonville | 4.9 miles | 23 | |
| Brownville | 5.0 miles | 20 | |
| Paddy Hill | 5.1 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 Pamelia Center | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6059301 | 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 959803. 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.








