Richville, New York
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1985. It stands in De Kalb town. It lies in ZIP code area 13681. It stands on White Creek. The Survey maps it on the Richville quadrangle. 234 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 407 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1915 to 1985The same ground, surveyed 70 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1915 against another survey:
Population over time
2 figuresRichville fell from 323 to 234 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 | 323 | |
| 2020 | 234 | -89 (-28%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 15 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.
- 1915 USGS Gouverneur quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1937 USGS Gouverneur quadrangle1:62500
- 1948 USGS Ogdensburg quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1951 USGS Ogdensburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Ogdensburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Richville quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Ogdensburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Gouverneur quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
93 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 93 fires within 5 miles of Richville between 2000 and 2020, burning about 98 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 11 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 | 59 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 11 |
| Natural | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 3 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 3 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 24 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 21 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 20 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 19 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 4 August 2017 | Natural | 2.2 acres | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 16 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Richville: 7 past producers, 5 occurrences, 4 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sulfur, Sulfur-Pyrite, Marble, Dimension, Graphite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| De Kalb Deposit | Feldspar, Quartz | Past Producer | 1907, 1908, 1938 | |
| Gouverneur Garnet Mine | Garnet | Past Producer | ||
| Huckleberry Mountain Talc Deposit | Talc-Soapstone | Occurrence | ||
| Cole Mine | Sulfur-Pyrite, Graphite | Past Producer | 1883, 1885, 1921 | |
| De Kalb Junction Mine | Feldspar | Past Producer | ||
| Farr Prospect | Sulfur-Pyrite, Iron, Pig Iron | Occurrence | 1904 | |
| Henricks Prospect | Sulfur-Pyrite, Graphite | Occurrence | Pyrite | |
| Lux Quarry | Marble, Dimension | Past Producer | 1900 | |
| Mitchell Prospect | Sulfur-Pyrite, Iron, Pig Iron | Occurrence | 1904 | |
| White Crystal Dolomite Deposits | Marble, Dimension | Past Producer | Surface |
Storms near this place
1 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Richville in 1 storm report in 1996: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Richville | $15,000 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bigelow | 1.4 miles | 14 | |
| North Gouverneur | 4.1 miles | 15 | |
| Kents Corners | 5.1 miles | 14 | |
| De Kalb | 6.2 miles | 14 | |
| East De Kalb | 6.6 miles | 14 | |
| Gouverneur | 6.7 miles | 15 | |
| Coopers Falls | 7.5 miles | 14 | |
| Little Bow | 7.7 miles | 19 |
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 Richville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3452553 | 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 976888. 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.







