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Peasleeville, New York

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1913 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Peru town. It lies in ZIP code area 12985. The Survey maps it on the Peasleeville quadrangle.

Peasleeville within Clinton County

Then and now

1913 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 73 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Peasleeville, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Peasleeville, surveyed 1913

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 19 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

80 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 80 fires within 5 miles of Peasleeville between 2000 and 2020, burning about 120 acres in total. 16 started naturally. 10 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/undetermined31
Natural16
Debris and open burning10
Arson/incendiarism10
Equipment and vehicle use8
Recreation and ceremony3
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Smoking1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
21 September 2010Arson/incendiarism1.5 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
20 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
20 September 2003Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
18 September 2003Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
31 August 2016Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
29 August 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
20 August 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 July 2020Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresFire Department of New YorkNA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clinton County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Peasleeville: 2 occurrences, 1 prospect, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Trombley PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Helen Ore Body DepositIronOccurrence
Lynch ProspectIronOccurrence
Lynch ProspectIronProspect

Every working recorded in Clinton County

Storms near this place

5 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Peasleeville in 5 storm reports between 2012 and 2025: 4 thunderstorm wind, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2012HailPeasleeville$50,000Numerous large hail, including up to 2.25 inches in diameter fell along with damaging winds. These strong winds helped push the hail into sides of homes causing significant damage to houses,vehicles and other property.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindPeasleeville$25,000Numerous trees downed by thunderstorm winds. In addition these winds were accompanied by large hail up to 2.25 inches in diameter.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindPeasleeville$5,000Trees down on power lines.
March 2020Thunderstorm WindPeasleeville$5,000Convective winds downed trees and utility lines.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindPeasleeville$1,000Tree and numerous branches downed by thunderstorm winds along Mud Pond road.

Every storm recorded in Clinton County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Saranac5.1 miles19
Moffitsville5.1 miles18
Schuyler Falls6.4 miles19
Elsinore6.4 miles19
Redford7.0 miles18
Woods Mills7.1 miles19
Cadyville7.1 miles19
Swastika7.6 miles18

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 Q122568008The 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 972926. 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.