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Potter, New York

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Potter town. It lies in ZIP code area 14507. It lies near Italy Valley. The Survey maps it on the Potter quadrangle.

Potter within Yates County

Then and now

1903 to 1983

The same ground, surveyed 80 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Potter, surveyed 1983
Topographic sheet of Potter, surveyed 1903

On record in Potter

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 3 records

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 21 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

57 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 57 fires within 5 miles of Potter between 1992 and 2020, burning about 91 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 6 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/undetermined31
Debris and open burning12
Arson/incendiarism6
Equipment and vehicle use4
Natural2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Recreation and ceremony1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
7 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 August 2010Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
30 August 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.5 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
30 August 1995Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
26 August 2012Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
11 August 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
22 July 2016Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Yates County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Potter: 3 producers, 2 past producers. 3 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Hays PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Heys PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Heys PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Potter PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Potter PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Yates County

Storms near this place

3 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Potter in 3 storm reports between 2010 and 2024: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 flash 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2024Flash FloodPotter$75,000Roads and basements were flooded around Potter.
May 2018Tornado (EF1)Potter$20,000A tornado hit a barn on East Swamp road which collapsed. |The tornado then continued into several fields lifting debris |from the collapsed farm onto the fields. Along the path, |the tornado took down several trees which fell in different directions. |The tornado continued eastward to Voak road where it blew down a |fence and another tree before lifting.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindPotter$2,000Numerous trees were blown down just southeast of Potter.

Every storm recorded in Yates County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Williams Corner2.5 miles25
Friend3.1 miles21
Middlesex3.4 miles25
Valley View3.6 miles25
Rushville4.0 miles22
Pine Corners4.1 miles25
East Potter4.1 miles21
Yatesville4.3 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 961030. 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.