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Pharsalia, New York

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Pharsalia town. It lies in ZIP code area 13844. The Survey maps it on the Pitcher quadrangle.

Pharsalia within Chenango County

Then and now

1904 to 1986

The 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 sheet of Pharsalia, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Pharsalia, surveyed 1904

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 17 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

49 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 49 fires within 5 miles of Pharsalia between 1995 and 2020, burning about 68 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 2 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/undetermined19
Debris and open burning14
Recreation and ceremony6
Equipment and vehicle use5
Smoking2
Arson/incendiarism2
Natural1

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
6 September 2007Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreNew York Forest RangersBALSAM POND 1
27 September 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
24 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
21 September 2020Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresFire Department of New YorkNA
7 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 August 2005Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreNew York Forest Rangersnot named
22 August 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Chenango County

Storms near this place

10 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pharsalia in 10 storm reports between 2007 and 2025: 5 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 tornado. 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
April 2011Tornado (EF2)Pharsalia$625,000The tornado touched down on county Route 7 in Pharsalia and produced EF1 damage to a few barns and some trees. The tornado traveled northeast approximately 8 miles before dissipating on Pigeon Hill Road in Pharsalia. Intensity for most of the path was estimated at EF1, however EF2 intensity was estimated along North Road and Center Road in Pharsalia. In those areas hundreds of large trees were snapped and uprooted leveling a dense forest. Over the hill a house trailer was lifted and demolished, a two story barn was demolished, a small pond had its water sucked out, and a jeep was moved several feet and hit with debris. Outbuildings were also destroyed.
June 2025Flash FloodEast Pharsalia$15,000Flood inundation up to a residence along Geneganstslet Creek was occurring near the intersection of Hurlburt Road and Pike Road.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindEast Pharsalia$10,000Multiple trees were blown down on County Route 7. Poles with wires were blown down on County Route 10.
October 2019Flash FloodPharsalia$5,000Flash flooding led to a landslide across Route 23.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindPharsalia$5,000Trees were blown down on County Road 10.
August 2023HailEast Pharsalia-no account filed
May 2013HailEast Pharsalia-no account filed
June 2011HailNorth Pharsalia-no account filed
June 2008HailPharsalia-no account filed
June 2007HailPharsalia-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Chenango 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
Pitcher Springs2.4 miles17
Northwest Corners3.2 miles16
North Pitcher3.4 miles17
East Pharsalia3.8 miles19
South Otselic4.4 miles16
Pitcher4.4 miles17
North Pharsalia4.6 miles19
Hydeville5.1 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 960272. 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.

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.