Reidsville, New York
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Berne town. It lies in ZIP code area 12186. The Survey maps it on the Westerlo quadrangle.
Then and now
1900 to 1985The 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.


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.
- 1900 USGS Berne quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1903 USGS Berne quadrangle1:62500, 8 printings
- 1943 USGS Westerlo quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1946 USGS Westerlo quadrangle1:31680
- 1948 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Amsterdam quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
100 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 100 fires within 5 miles of Reidsville between 1994 and 2020, burning about 142 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 10 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 | 51 |
| Debris and open burning | 23 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 10 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 7 August 2016 | Smoking | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 25 August 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 22 August 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.3 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 22 August 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 15 August 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 13 August 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 9 July 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected near this place
12 of 5,855 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 5,855 specimens collected within 10 miles of Reidsville between 1847 and 1975: 3,355 Fungi, 1,790 Animalia, 546 Plantae, 96 Protozoa, 49 Chromista, 19 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by ?, A C. Frederick, A. A. Heller and others. Each is a physical object with a catalogue number, and each entry opens the museum's record. This is what was collected and kept, not a survey of what lives here - nothing can be concluded from a species being absent.
| Image | Species | Year | Collected by | Where, as recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Stereum neglectum Peck | 1894 | C. L. Shear | Alcove |
![]() | Cephalozia media Lindb. | 1898 | Charles H. Peck | near Albany |
![]() | Coniothyrium Corda, 1840 | 1899 | not recorded | |
![]() | Phyllosticta innumerabilis Peck | 1847 | C.L. Shear | |
![]() | Phragmidium speciosum (Fr.) Bonord. | 1855 | Sartwell | E Novo-Eboraco [= New York] |
![]() | Culaea inconstans (Kirtland, 1840) | 1860 | W. Swartz | Krumkill, 1 mi. NE of Voorheesville |
![]() | Sorex fumeus fumeus G.M.Miller, 1895 | 1860 | William J. Hamilton Jr. | Rensselaerville |
![]() | Abietinella abietina (Hedw.) M.Fleisch. | 1863 | C. F. Austin | Helderberg Mt. |
![]() | Anomodon viticulosus (Hedw.) Hook. & Taylor | 1863 | C. F. Austin | Helderberg Mts. |
![]() | Barbilophozia barbata (Schmidel ex Schreb.) Loeske | 1863 | C. F. Austin | In Mountain localities |
![]() | Barbula unguiculata Hedw. | 1863 | C. F. Austin | Helderberg Mts. |
![]() | Brachythecium rutabulum (Hedw.) Schimp. | 1863 | C. H. Peck | Helderberg Mountains |
All 5,855 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Reidsville: 1 producer, 1 past producer, 1 occurrence. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Flagstone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sulfur. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grippee Quarry | Flagstone | Producer | ||
| Heldeberg Bluestone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| New Salem Deposit | Sulfur | Occurrence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wolf Hill | 2.7 miles | 21 | |
| Helderberg | 3.2 miles | 21 | |
| Clarksville | 3.2 miles | 31 | |
| Westerlo | 3.7 miles | 21 | |
| Tarrytown | 3.9 miles | 31 | |
| South Berne | 4.1 miles | 21 | |
| East Berne | 4.4 miles | 21 | |
| Keefers Corners | 4.8 miles | 31 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 962368. 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.
Specimens. Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), https://www.gbif.org/. Only records licensed CC0 or CC BY are used. Records licensed CC BY-NC are excluded because this site carries advertising. Images are checked individually and any whose licence is non-commercial, no-derivatives or unreadable is refused.
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.




















