Portlandville, New York
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Milford town. It lies in ZIP code area 13834. It stands on Spring Brook. The Survey maps it on the Milford quadrangle.
Then and now
1907 to 1985The same ground, surveyed 78 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


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.
- 1907 USGS Cooperstown quadrangle1:62500
- 1909 USGS Cooperstown quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
- 1943 USGS Milford quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1945 USGS Milford quadrangle1:31680
- 1948 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Amsterdam quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
44 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 44 fires within 5 miles of Portlandville between 1993 and 2020, burning about 96 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 3 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 | 26 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 August 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 6 July 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 5 July 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 29 July 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 8 May 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 28 May 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 27 May 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 19 May 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
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Portlandville: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colliersville Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Hemlock Road Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Portlandville in 3 storm reports between 1998 and 2021: 1 tornado, 1 hail, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1998 | Tornado (F0) | Portlandville | $75,000 | A severe thunderstorm briefly became tornadic early in the evening as it crossed over the ridges of the Crumhorn mountains and into the Portlandville/Maryland area. Damage consisted of tree tops twisted off in about a 30 yard wide area. The path of the twister was around three quarters of a mile with the intensity rated as F0. Just beyond Morehouse Brook in Maryland township, the tornado appeared to lift back into the cloud base with no visible signs of damage downstream. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Portlandville | $10,000 | Strong thunderstorm winds brought down trees and wires. |
| July 2007 | Hail | Portlandville | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Milford Center | 1.2 miles | 19 | |
| Cliffside | 1.4 miles | 19 | |
| Cooperstown Junction | 2.7 miles | 17 | |
| Colliersville | 2.8 miles | 17 | |
| Maryland | 4.3 miles | 19 | |
| Milford | 4.3 miles | 19 | |
| Emmons | 5.2 miles | 18 | |
| Clintonville | 5.8 miles | 19 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 961002. 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.








