Portageville, New York
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Genesee Falls town. It lies in ZIP code area 14536. The Survey maps it on the Portageville quadrangle. It stands 1,115 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1905 to 1984The same ground, surveyed 79 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


On record in Portageville
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
First Universalist Church of Portagevillelisted 2008
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 18 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.
- 1905 USGS Portage quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
- 1943 USGS Portageville quadrangle1:24000
- 1944 USGS Portageville quadrangle1:31680
- 1960 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1967 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Portageville quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1973 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
62 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 62 fires within 5 miles of Portageville between 2001 and 2020, burning about 48 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 14 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 | 29 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 14 |
| Natural | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 17 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 12 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 9 August 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 5 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 25 August 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 21 August 2007 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 5 July 2012 | 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
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Portageville: 2 producers, 2 past producers. 2 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Castile Salt Co.Well | Salt | Past Producer | ||
| J.Harding No.1 Well | Salt | Past Producer | ||
| Portage Town Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Town Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Portageville in 4 storm reports between 2002 and 2017: 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2007 | Flood | Portageville | $25,000 | no account filed |
| April 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Portageville | $25,000 | no account filed |
| January 2017 | Flood | Portageville | $20,000 | Genesee River at Portageville crested at 19.73' at 6:45 AM EST on January 13. Flood stage is 19 feet. |
| September 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Portageville | $8,000 | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lamont | 3.8 miles | 18 | |
| East Koy | 4.0 miles | 18 | |
| Castile | 4.2 miles | 17 | |
| Griffith Corners | 5.0 miles | 17 | |
| Pike | 6.0 miles | 17 | |
| Silver Springs | 6.7 miles | 17 | |
| Chace | 6.7 miles | 17 | |
| Gainesville | 7.0 miles | 17 |
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 Portageville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2841412 | 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 960982. 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.








