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Perkinsville, New York

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Wayland town. It lies in ZIP code area 14572. It lies near Pfaff Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Dansville quadrangle.

Perkinsville within Steuben County

Then and now

1902 to 1983

The same ground, surveyed 81 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Perkinsville, surveyed 1983
Topographic sheet of Perkinsville, surveyed 1902

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 24 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

124 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 124 fires within 5 miles of Perkinsville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 135 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 16 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/undetermined62
Arson/incendiarism16
Equipment and vehicle use16
Debris and open burning13
Natural10
Smoking3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Recreation and ceremony2

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
7 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresFire Department of New YorkNA
6 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresFire Department of New YorkNA
25 September 2020Recreation and ceremony2.9 acresFire Department of New YorkNA
24 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
21 September 2020Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresFire Department of New YorkNA
21 September 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
13 September 2016Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
11 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Steuben 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 Perkinsville: 3 producers, 1 past producer. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Salt. 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
Dansville WellSaltPast Producer
Hober's PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Johnson PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Kennedy PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Steuben County

Storms near this place

2 since 2014

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Perkinsville in 2 storm reports between 2014 and 2020: 1 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 2014Flash FloodPerkinsville$20,000Flooding was reported near the intersection of State Route 415 and State Route 121, closing both roads.
November 2020Thunderstorm WindPerkinsville$5,000Strong thunderstorm winds brought down trees in Perkinsville.

Every storm recorded in Steuben 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
Patchinville2.2 miles22
Wayland2.8 miles22
Rogersville2.8 miles24
South Dansville5.0 miles21
Beachville5.8 miles21
Cohocton6.9 miles22
Atlanta8.3 miles25
Kirkwood8.7 miles25

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 960200. 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.