Pittsford, New York
32 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Pittsford town. It lies in ZIP code area 14534. It stands on West Brook. The Survey maps it on the Pittsford quadrangle. 1,419 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 492 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1895 to 1994The same ground, surveyed 99 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1895 against another survey:
On record in Pittsford
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 9 records
Hildreth-Lord-Hawley Farmlisted 1996
Hopkins Farmlisted 2000
Adolph Lomb Houselisted 1995
Phoenix Buildinglisted 1974
Pittsford Village Historic Districtlisted 1984
Pittsford Village Historic District (Boundary Increase)listed 2016
Spring Houselisted 1975
Thomas Youngs Houselisted 1993- Oak Hill Country Clublisted 2023
Population over time
2 figuresPittsford grew from 1,355 to 1,419 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,355 | |
| 2020 | 1,419 | +64 (+5%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 32 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.
- 1895 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:62500
- 1898 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1912 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1920 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1931 USGS Mendon Ponds quadrangle1:24000
- 1935 USGS Mendon Ponds quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1952 USGS Mendon Ponds quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1965 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Pittsford quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Pittsford quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
656 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 656 fires within 5 miles of Pittsford between 2000 and 2020, burning about 363 acres in total. 59 started naturally. 64 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 | 308 |
| Smoking | 126 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 64 |
| Natural | 59 |
| Debris and open burning | 44 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 25 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 16 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 7 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 8 September 2016 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 8 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 8 September 2005 | Smoking | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 8 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 8 September 2002 | Smoking | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 September 2007 | 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
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Pittsford: 4 producers, 3 past producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Penfield Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Mendon Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Mendon Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Pittsford Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Pittsford Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Redman Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Redman Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary |
Storms near this place
12 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pittsford in 12 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 8 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 flash flood, 1 lightning. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2007 | Lightning | Pittsford | 1 hurt | no account filed |
| September 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pittsford | $1,200,000 | no account filed |
| July 1998 | Flash Flood | Pittsford | $150,000 | no account filed |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pittsford | $20,000 | Law enforcement reported numerous trees and wires down from thunderstorm winds near Pittsford. A power transformer was damage near South Main Street and Mile Post Lane. |
| August 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pittsford | $15,000 | Law enforcement reported trees and wires down. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pittsford | $15,000 | no account filed |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pittsford | $10,000 | Law enforcement received multiple reports of trees and wires downed by thunderstorm winds. |
| June 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pittsford | $6,000 | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Hail | Pittsford | $5,000 | no account filed |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pittsford | $1,500 | Tree and wires downed. |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pittsford | $1,000 | A tree was reported down onto power lines near Jefferson and Eastview Terrance. |
| November 2025 | Hail | Pittsford | - | Time estimated by radar. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Rochester | 1.9 miles | 26 | |
| Harper Park Rochester | 2.5 miles | 31 | |
| Bushnell Basin | 3.0 miles | 26 | |
| Penfield | 3.4 miles | 26 | |
| Twelve Corners | 3.7 miles | 31 | |
| Fairport | 3.9 miles | 26 | |
| Hannans Corner | 4.1 miles | 26 | |
| Cobbs Hill | 4.3 miles | 31 |
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 Pittsford | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7199499 | 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 960648. 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.












