Poplar Ridge, New York
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Venice town. It lies in ZIP code area 13026. The Survey maps it on the Genoa quadrangle. It stands 1,050 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1902 to 1986The same ground, surveyed 84 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


On record in Poplar Ridge
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 1 record
Jethro Wood HouseNational Historic Landmark · listed 1966
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 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.
- 1902 USGS Genoa quadrangle1:62500, 8 printings
- 1942 USGS Genoa quadrangle1:24000
- 1943 USGS Genoa quadrangle1:31680
- 1950 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1965 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Genoa quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Auburn quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
54 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 54 fires within 5 miles of Poplar Ridge between 2003 and 2020, burning about 69 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 8 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 | 19 |
| Debris and open burning | 14 |
| Natural | 9 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 26 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 6.3 acres | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 26 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 6.3 acres | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 26 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 3.8 acres | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 23 September 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 21 September 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 2 August 2020 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 18 August 2020 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Fire Department of New York | NA |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Poplar Ridge: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aurora Well | Salt | Past Producer | ||
| J.C.Mahaney Well | Salt | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Poplar Ridge in 1 storm report in 2010: 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2010 | Hail | Poplar Ridge | - | Hail fell in Polar Ridge. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sherwood | 1.6 miles | 26 | |
| Ledyard | 3.0 miles | 23 | |
| Scipioville | 3.0 miles | 26 | |
| Venice Center | 3.3 miles | 23 | |
| Black Rock | 3.3 miles | 23 | |
| Merrifield | 3.5 miles | 26 | |
| Scipio Center | 4.4 miles | 26 | |
| Aurora | 4.6 miles | 27 |
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 Poplar Ridge | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14707196 | 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 960944. 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.








