Rushville, New York
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Potter town. It lies in ZIP code area 14544. It lies near Lazarus Hill. The Survey maps it on the Rushville quadrangle. 651 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 876 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1902 to 1983The same ground, surveyed 81 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


On record in Rushville
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
- Milton Wilson Houselisted 1994
Population over time
2 figuresRushville fell from 677 to 651 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 | 677 | |
| 2020 | 651 | -26 (-4%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1902 USGS Phelps quadrangle1:62500, 7 printings
- 1942 USGS Rushville quadrangle1:31680
- 1950 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1952 USGS Rushville quadrangle1:24000, 3 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
56 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 56 fires within 5 miles of Rushville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 78 acres in total. None started naturally. 6 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 | 34 |
| Debris and open burning | 11 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 5 August 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 30 August 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 26 August 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 11 August 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 22 July 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 20 July 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 19 July 2016 | 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
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Rushville: 3 producers, 2 past producers. 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hays Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Heys Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Heys Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Potter Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Potter Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
5 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rushville in 5 storm reports between 2009 and 2014: 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2014 | Flash Flood | Rushville | $100,000 | Flooding occurred across several State highways with considerable damage to the road shoulders and culverts. Numerous basements were pumped out in the Village of Rushville. |
| May 2014 | Flash Flood | Rushville | $5,000 | Water was reported to be rushing into a house and threatening the utility panels. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rushville | $5,000 | Thunderstorm winds took down trees and power lines in the Rushville area. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rushville | - | One tree was blown down. |
| June 2009 | Hail | Rushville | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pine Corners | 1.8 miles | 25 | |
| Valley View | 2.1 miles | 25 | |
| Williams Corner | 3.6 miles | 25 | |
| Potter | 4.0 miles | 21 | |
| Middlesex | 4.5 miles | 25 | |
| East Potter | 4.6 miles | 21 | |
| Voak | 5.3 miles | 21 | |
| Vine Valley | 5.8 miles | 25 |
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 Rushville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3458091 | 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 963107. 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.







