Truthville, New York
27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Granville town. It lies in ZIP code area 12854. The Survey maps it on the Granville quadrangle.
Then and now
1893 to 1989The same ground, surveyed 96 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
14 surveys from 27 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.
- 1893 USGS Fort Ann quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1895 USGS Fort Ann quadrangle1:62500
- 1898 USGS Fort Ann quadrangle1:62500
- 1901 USGS Fort Ann quadrangle1:62500
- 1903 USGS Mettawee quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1904 USGS Fort Ann quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
- 1944 USGS Granville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1946 USGS Granville quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
102 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 102 fires within 5 miles of Truthville between 1994 and 2020, burning about 100 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 16 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 | 48 |
| Debris and open burning | 22 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 16 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 21 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 20 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 14 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 10 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.1 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 9 August 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 31 August 2015 | Natural | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | GUILDER HOLLOW FIRE |
| 30 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 69 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 69 workings within 5 miles of Truthville: 43 past producers, 25 producers, 1 occurrence. 25 still produce. What was taken out: Slate, Dimension, Stone, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smiths Basin Quarries | Limestone, General | Past Producer | 1882, 1925 | |
| Mccullen Slate Quarry No. 1 & 2 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Penrhyn Red Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Penryhn Hill Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Red Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Shurbert Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Williams Bros. Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Arvon Robert Quarry | Stone, Dimension | Past Producer | Metamorphic | |
| Bullfrog Hollow Quarry (Taran Slate Co.) | Stone, Dimension | Producer | Metamorphic | |
| Caldor Slate Co. Quarry | Stone, Dimension | Producer | Metamorphic |
Storms near this place
1 since 2021Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Truthville in 1 storm report in 2021: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Truthville | - | A tree and wires were downed on Middleton Road in the Town of Granville. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Granville | 0.9 miles | 27 | |
| West Granville | 2.0 miles | 27 | |
| Middle Granville | 2.5 miles | 27 | |
| Slyboro | 2.7 miles | 27 | |
| Raceville | 3.1 miles | 27 | |
| Granville | 4.5 miles | 27 | |
| Hillsdale | 5.1 miles | 27 | |
| South Granville | 5.8 miles | 29 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122558077 | 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 967915. 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.













