Pennellville, New York
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Schroeppel town. It lies in ZIP code area 13132. It stands on Bell Creek. The Survey maps it on the Pennellville quadrangle. It stands 413 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1900 to 1985The same ground, surveyed 85 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
8 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.
- 1900 USGS Fulton quadrangle1:62500, 7 printings
- 1943 USGS Pennellville quadrangle1:31680
- 1956 USGS Fulton quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Pennellville quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1965 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Syracuse quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
130 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 130 fires within 5 miles of Pennellville between 2000 and 2020, burning about 85 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 24 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 | 74 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 24 |
| Debris and open burning | 9 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 17 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 16 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 12 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 4 August 2002 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 31 August 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 31 August 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 28 August 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 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 Pennellville: 4 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capria Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Phoenix Gravel Bed | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Rawson Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Smith Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
8 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pennellville in 8 storm reports between 2000 and 2024: 6 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. The reports record 1 injury. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pennellville | 1 hurt, $20,000 | no account filed |
| August 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pennellville | $12,000 | Law enforcement reported trees and wires down. |
| September 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pennellville | $10,000 | Law enforcement reported trees and wires down. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pennellville | $5,000 | Multiple reports of trees downed. |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pennellville | $5,000 | Multiple trees down in the Town of Schroeppel. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pennellville | $2,000 | Trees and wires were reported down. |
| July 2016 | Hail | Pennellville | - | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Hail | Pennellville | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stewart Corners | 1.9 miles | 22 | |
| Bowen Corners | 2.0 miles | 23 | |
| Roosevelt Corners | 2.2 miles | 22 | |
| Sand Ridge | 2.8 miles | 22 | |
| Suttons Corner | 3.0 miles | 23 | |
| Gilbert Mills | 3.0 miles | 23 | |
| Caughdenoy | 3.4 miles | 22 | |
| Phoenix | 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 Pennellville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5939258 | 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 960147. 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.







