Plessis, New York
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Alexandria town. It lies in ZIP code area 13691. The Survey maps it on the Redwood quadrangle. 126 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 404 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1903 to 1985The 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.


Population over time
2 figuresPlessis fell from 164 to 126 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 | 164 | |
| 2020 | 126 | -38 (-23%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 19 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.
- 1903 USGS Alexandria Bay quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
- 1943 USGS Redwood quadrangle1:31680
- 1948 USGS Alexandria Bay quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Ogdensburg quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1951 USGS Ogdensburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Ogdensburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Redwood quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Ogdensburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Gouverneur quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
168 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 168 fires within 5 miles of Plessis between 1997 and 2020, burning about 142 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 20 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 | 106 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 20 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 14 |
| Debris and open burning | 11 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 4 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 3 September 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 29 September 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 28 September 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 25 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 21 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 21 September 2009 | 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
8 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Plessis: 5 occurrences, 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Granite, Lead. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| J. Leopold and Co. Quarry | Granite | Past Producer | Unknown | |
| Redwood Lead Occurrence | Lead | Occurrence | ||
| Hunter Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Plessis Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Fern Occurrence | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Hollywood Club Occurrence | Iron | Occurrence | 1945 | |
| Outafit Occurrence | Iron | Occurrence | 1945 | |
| Wolfe Hole Occurrence | Iron | Occurrence | 1945 |
Storms near this place
1 since 2021Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Plessis in 1 storm report in 2021: 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Plessis | $2,000 | A utility pole and tree were both down onto Hunter Road. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Browns Corners | 2.0 miles | 19 | |
| Godfreys Corner | 2.4 miles | 18 | |
| Alexandria Center | 2.8 miles | 18 | |
| Redwood | 3.5 miles | 19 | |
| Theresa | 4.9 miles | 19 | |
| Stroughs Crossing | 5.3 miles | 19 | |
| Edgewood Park | 5.3 miles | 18 | |
| Bean Hill Crossing | 5.4 miles | 19 |
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 Plessis | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6080663 | 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 960751. 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.








