Peas Eddy, New York
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Hancock town. It lies in ZIP code area 13783. It stands on Peas Eddy Brook. The Survey maps it on the Fishs Eddy quadrangle.
Then and now
1920 to 1986The same ground, surveyed 66 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
12 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.
- 1920 USGS Long Eddy quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1921 USGS Long Eddy quadrangle1:48000
- 1923 USGS Long Eddy quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1943 USGS Honesdale quadrangle1:125000
- 1944 USGS Long Eddy quadrangle1:62500
- 1950 USGS Scranton quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Scranton quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Scranton quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Scranton quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Fishs Eddy quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Scranton quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Honesdale quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
41 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 41 fires within 5 miles of Peas Eddy between 1997 and 2020, burning about 52 acres in total. 5 started naturally. None was 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 | 25 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 August 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 2 July 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 16 July 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 9 June 2015 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 9 June 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 8 May 2015 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 8 May 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 May 2011 | 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
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Peas Eddy: 3 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Flagstone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thompkins Bluestone Quarry. | Flagstone | Past Producer | ||
| Hancock Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Hancock Quarry and Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Thompkins Bluestone Quarry. | Stone, Crushed/Broken | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hancock | 2.7 miles | 24 | |
| Cadosia | 2.8 miles | 24 | |
| French Woods | 2.9 miles | 23 | |
| Fishs Eddy | 3.2 miles | 23 | |
| Luzerne | 4.4 miles | 23 | |
| Lordville | 5.4 miles | 25 | |
| Readburn | 5.4 miles | 18 | |
| Kerry Siding | 5.6 miles | 16 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122540813 | 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 960060. 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.











