Prattsville, New York
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Prattsville town. It lies in ZIP code area 12468. It stands on Huntersfield Creek. The Survey maps it on the Prattsville quadrangle.
Then and now
1901 to 1986The same ground, surveyed 85 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


On record in Prattsville
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 6 records
John and Martinus Laraway Innlisted 2012
Old Episcopal Manselisted 2000
Pratt Rock Parklisted 1992
Zadock Pratt Houselisted 1986
Prattsville Commercial Buildinglisted 1996
Prattsville Reformed Dutch Churchlisted 1996
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 21 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.
- 1901 USGS Gilboa quadrangle1:62500
- 1903 USGS Gilboa quadrangle1:62500, 9 printings
- 1945 USGS Prattsville quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1946 USGS Prattsville quadrangle1:24000
- 1948 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Pepacton Reservoir quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
44 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 44 fires within 5 miles of Prattsville between 1999 and 2020, burning about 134 acres in total. 6 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 | 14 |
| Debris and open burning | 11 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 23 August 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 12 August 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 30 July 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 29 July 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 20 July 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 25 June 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 15 June 2016 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
10 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Prattsville in 10 storm reports between 1999 and 2024: 4 flood, 3 thunderstorm wind, 3 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Prattsville | $55,000 | no account filed |
| December 2023 | Flood | Prattsville | $5,000 | County Route 2 was closed near Lexington due to flooding. |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Prattsville | $5,000 | no account filed |
| August 2024 | Flash Flood | Prattsville | $500 | A local 911 call center reported the closure of Mattice Road in Prattsville due to flooding. |
| July 2021 | Flash Flood | Prattsville | - | Eight to ten roads were closed due to flooding around Prattsville. |
| December 2020 | Flood | Prattsville | - | Fire Department crews evacuated 20 to 25 residents along County Route 7 in Prattsville due to rising waters on the Schoharie Creek. |
| December 2020 | Flood | Prattsville | - | Route 23 had both lanes closed due to high water from the Delaware County line to County Route 2 in Prattsville. |
| September 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Prattsville | - | Multiple trees were downed in Prattsville as a result of thunderstorm winds. |
| October 2010 | Flood | Prattsville | - | Major flooding occurred on the Schoharie Creek at Prattsville. Prattsville crested at 17.38 feet at 0645 LST on October 1st. Flood stage is 12 feet.||Route 23 was reported closed due to flooding north and south of the Village of Prattsville as water overflowed the banks of the Schoharie Creek. |
| September 2004 | Flash Flood | Prattsville | - | Route 2 closed due to flooding. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Falls | 2.3 miles | 21 | |
| West Settlement | 3.6 miles | 21 | |
| North Lexington | 3.7 miles | 21 | |
| Mosquito Point | 4.2 miles | 21 | |
| Ashland | 5.3 miles | 21 | |
| Lexington | 6.3 miles | 21 | |
| West Jewett | 6.5 miles | 21 | |
| Jewett | 7.5 miles | 21 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 961103. 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.
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.








