BlockBefore

Willseyville, New York

28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Candor town. It lies in ZIP code area 13864. It stands on Danby Creek. The Survey maps it on the Willseyville quadrangle. It stands 948 feet above sea level.

Willseyville within Tioga County

Then and now

1900 to 1992

The same ground, surveyed 92 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Willseyville, surveyed 1992
Topographic sheet of Willseyville, surveyed 1900

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 28 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

55 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 55 fires within 5 miles of Willseyville between 1999 and 2020, burning about 83 acres in total. 2 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/undetermined27
Debris and open burning15
Arson/incendiarism6
Equipment and vehicle use2
Natural2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Smoking1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
7 September 2000Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
26 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
15 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
14 August 2002Debris and open burning1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
2 July 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
8 June 2014Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tioga County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Willseyville: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Knights Settlement Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Knights Settlement Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Ward's PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Tioga County

Storms near this place

6 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Willseyville in 6 storm reports between 2011 and 2025: 3 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2025Flash FloodWillseyville$100,000Flash flooding was occurring along Prospect Valley Road with water pouring into a residence. The garage and basement of the residence was flooded and a shed was shifted onto another property.
August 2013Flash FloodWillseyville$75,000Catatonk Creek overflowed its banks and washed out a bridge.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindWillseyville$10,000Strong thunderstorm winds brought down trees and wires.
August 2016Thunderstorm WindWillseyville$3,000A thunderstorm moved across the region and became severe. This thunderstorm resulted in trees and wires being knocked over on Coddington Road.
August 2016Thunderstorm WindWillseyville$3,000A thunderstorm moved across the region and became severe. This thunderstorm resulted in trees and wires being knocked over on Prospect Valley Road.
August 2011HailWillseyville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Tioga County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Gridleyville3.1 miles21
Crum Town4.3 miles28
Candor4.4 miles21
Upper Fairfield4.9 miles25
West Candor5.2 miles23
Fairfield6.6 miles21
Hubbardtown6.9 miles21
North Spencer7.2 miles33

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 WillseyvilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q48740530The 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 971391. 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.