Prattsburgh, New York
24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Prattsburgh town. It lies in ZIP code area 14873. The Survey maps it on the Prattsburg quadrangle.
Then and now
1900 to 1983The same ground, surveyed 83 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


On record in Prattsburgh
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
- Prattsburgh Commercial Historic Districtlisted 2023
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 24 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.
- 1900 USGS Naples quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1903 USGS Naples quadrangle1:62500, 7 printings
- 1913 USGS Naples quadrangle1:62500
- 1942 USGS Prattsburg quadrangle1:31680
- 1942 USGS Prattsburg quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 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
- 1983 USGS Canandaigua quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
40 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 40 fires within 5 miles of Prattsburgh between 1994 and 2016, burning about 66 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 15 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 June 2009 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 29 June 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 17 June 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 15 June 2015 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 14 June 2015 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 14 June 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 May 2007 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 14 May 2008 | Natural | 1.8 acres | 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 Prattsburgh: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Salt, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Central Development Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Daltry No.1 Well | Salt | Past Producer |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 961102. 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.









