Pulaski, New York
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Richland town. It lies in ZIP code area 13142. It stands on Spring Brook. The Survey maps it on the Pulaski quadrangle. 2,186 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 371 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1895 to 1985The same ground, surveyed 90 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


On record in Pulaski
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 2 records
Pulaski Village Historic Districtlisted 1983
Selkirk Lighthouselisted 1979
Population over time
2 figuresPulaski fell from 2,365 to 2,186 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 | 2,365 | |
| 2020 | 2,186 | -179 (-8%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 22 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 Pulaski quadrangle1:62500, 8 printings
- 1943 USGS Pulaski quadrangle1:31680
- 1956 USGS Pulaski quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1960 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1965 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Pulaski quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
79 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 79 fires within 5 miles of Pulaski between 1999 and 2020, burning about 41 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 13 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 | 38 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 13 |
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 6 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 4 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 4 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 27 September 2020 | Smoking | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | GRINDSTONE CREEK |
| 2 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 18 September 2001 | Smoking | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 17 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Pulaski: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coffin Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Sandy Creek Town Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
17 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pulaski in 17 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 12 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 1 flood, 1 heavy rain. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pulaski | $500,000 | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pulaski | $35,000 | no account filed |
| August 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pulaski | $20,000 | no account filed |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pulaski | $10,000 | Trees were dowed by thunderstorm winds. |
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pulaski | $10,000 | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pulaski | $10,000 | no account filed |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pulaski | $10,000 | no account filed |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pulaski | $10,000 | no account filed |
| August 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pulaski | $10,000 | no account filed |
| August 2018 | Flash Flood | Pulaski | $5,000 | Five village roads flooded with six to eight inches of water across them. Water was reported up to the doors of many businesses. |
| September 2010 | Flood | Pulaski | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pulaski | $2,000 | Trees and wires down in Town of Pulaski. |
| August 2018 | Heavy Rain | Pulaski | $2,000 | Rainfall fell between 1 and 5 PM. Basement flooding was also reported. |
| August 2018 | Flash Flood | Pulaski | $1,000 | Route 41 reported flooded and closed near the railroad crossing southwest of Pulaski. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pulaski | $500 | Tree downed and blocking roadway. |
| September 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pulaski | $500 | A tree was downed in Pulaski on North Jefferson Street. |
| August 2018 | Flash Flood | Pulaski | $500 | North Street was reported flooded and closed. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Farmers Corner | 1.1 miles | 22 | |
| Bethel Corners | 3.2 miles | 22 | |
| Port Ontario | 3.2 miles | 22 | |
| Daysville Corner | 3.9 miles | 22 | |
| Daysville | 3.9 miles | 22 | |
| Selkirk | 4.0 miles | 22 | |
| Tylers Corner | 4.1 miles | 22 | |
| Tinker Tavern Corner | 4.2 miles | 22 |
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 Pulaski | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1020592 | 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 961947. 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.






