Talcottville, New York
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Leyden town. It lies in ZIP code area 13309. It stands on Stucky Creek. The Survey maps it on the Port Leyden quadrangle. It stands 1,135 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1905 to 1985The same ground, surveyed 80 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


On record in Talcottville
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
- Leyden Common School No. 2listed 2016
- Talcottville Cemeterylisted 2017
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 20 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.
- 1905 USGS Port Leyden quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1907 USGS Port Leyden quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
- 1940 USGS Port Leyden quadrangle1:62500
- 1950 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1964 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Port Leyden quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1967 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Watertown quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
46 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 46 fires within 5 miles of Talcottville between 2002 and 2020, burning about 68 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 8 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 | 19 |
| Natural | 9 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 September 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 2 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 2 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 5 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 23 August 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 15 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 5 July 2020 | Smoking | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | GOLDEN ROAD FIRE |
| 5 July 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 13 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Talcottville: 6 producers, 5 past producers, 1 occurrence, 1 prospect. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Titanium, Metal, Iron, Zirconium, Titanium, Iron. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Port Leyden | Zirconium, Titanium, Iron | Prospect | 1952 | |
| Port Leyden Mine | Titanium, Metal, Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Boonville Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Boonville Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Gingerich Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Boonville Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Boonville Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Boonville Sand Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Callanan Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Kerager Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Locust Grove | 2.1 miles | 20 | |
| Port Leyden | 3.6 miles | 20 | |
| Constableville | 4.1 miles | 20 | |
| Goulds Mill | 5.4 miles | 20 | |
| Collinsville | 5.4 miles | 20 | |
| Mohawk Hill | 5.6 miles | 20 | |
| Kosterville | 5.9 miles | 20 | |
| Shuetown | 6.3 miles | 20 |
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 Talcottville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7679090 | 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 967005. 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.









