Pottersville, New York
26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Chester town. It lies in ZIP code area 12860. It stands on Fuller Brook. The Survey maps it on the Chestertown quadrangle. 359 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 846 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1895 to 1989The same ground, surveyed 94 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 figuresPottersville fell from 424 to 359 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 | 424 | |
| 2020 | 359 | -65 (-15%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 26 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.
- 1895 USGS North Creek quadrangle1:62500
- 1897 USGS North Creek quadrangle1:62500, 10 printings
- 1950 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS North Creek quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Chestertown quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Ticonderoga quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Ticonderoga quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
99 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 99 fires within 5 miles of Pottersville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 109 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 12 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 | 32 |
| Debris and open burning | 21 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 12 |
| Natural | 11 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
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 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 6 September 2007 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 3 September 2001 | Natural | 1.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 23 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 7 August 1997 | Natural | 10 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 4 August 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | SANDER FIRE |
| 4 August 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 27 August 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Pottersville: 4 past producers, 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Graphite, Sulfur-Pyrite, Mica, Feldspar, Quartz, Mica, Sulfur-Pyrite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Berebe Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| International Graphite Co. Property | Graphite, Feldspar, Quartz, Mica, Sulfur-Pyrite | Past Producer | 1899, 1901 | |
| Potterville Prospect | Graphite, Sulfur-Pyrite, Mica | Occurrence | Graphite, Phlogopite, Pyrite | |
| Unnamed Occurrence | Granite | Occurrence | 1925 | |
| International Graphite Co.Mine | Graphite | Past Producer | ||
| Johnson-Braden Graphite Mine | Graphite | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
12 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pottersville in 12 storm reports between 2005 and 2019: 4 thunderstorm wind, 4 flood, 2 hail, 2 flash flood. The reports record 1 injury. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2006 | Flash Flood | Pottersville | 1 hurt, $40,000 | According to a newspaper report, a woman suffered minor injuries near Pottersville when the vehicle she was driving fell through a section of Olmstead Road that was undermined by flooding Fish Creek. The flood water was from the combination of heavy rainfall and a breached beaver dam. |
| October 2019 | Flood | Pottersville | $212,000 | There were six roads in the town of Horicon that were damaged or washed out by flooding. |
| October 2019 | Flood | Pottersville | $100,000 | Several roads in the Pottersville/Igerna area were damaged or washed out, including Olmstedville Road, Stone Bridge Road, Igerna Road, and Hard Scrabble Road. The Natural Stone Bridge and Caves Park sustained damage to wooden stairs and boardwalks as a result of flooding along the Trout Brook. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pottersville | - | Trees and wires were reported down in Pottersville as a result of thunderstorm winds. |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pottersville | - | Trees were reported down in Pottersville due to thunderstorm winds. |
| April 2011 | Flood | Pottersville | - | Flooding occurred along the Schroon River in Warren County with almost every flood plain, mid-river island or low lying forest under several feet of water in the basin. Numerous towns reported flooding of roadways, houses and riverside camps. |
| May 2011 | Flood | Pottersville | - | Flooding which began on April 28th continued along the Schroon River in Warren County. |
| August 2011 | Flash Flood | Pottersville | - | Route 9 was closed due to flooding between Loon Lake and Pottersville. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pottersville | - | A tree was reported down on Route 9 in Pottersville due to strong thunderstorm winds. |
| August 2008 | Hail | Pottersville | - | Penny size hail was reported in Pottersville during a thunderstorm. |
| May 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pottersville | - | Trees and powerlines were blown down in Pottersville. |
| August 2005 | Hail | Pottersville | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adirondack | 3.9 miles | 27 | |
| Starbuckville | 4.6 miles | 26 | |
| Brant Lake | 5.3 miles | 29 | |
| Igerna | 5.4 miles | 26 | |
| Chestertown | 5.5 miles | 26 | |
| South Horicon | 6.1 miles | 26 | |
| Riparius | 6.3 miles | 26 | |
| Darrowsville | 8.5 miles | 25 |
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 Pottersville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q22074938 | 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 961055. 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.









