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Allegany County, New York

143 topographic sheets cover 95 settlements here, and 34 properties are on the National Register of Historic Places.

Research this county

From the record

34 National Register listings published here.

Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service

New York within the United States
Allegany County within New York
Explore by year 1856 1882

What the record shows

  • 1,609 topographic sheet readings cover the county's settlements.
  • 34 properties here are on the National Register of Historic Places: 26 buildings, 6 districts, 1 structure and 1 site.
  • 7 of the 34 listings were added during the 1970s.
  • The Geographic Names Information System records 96 populated places in this county; 95 are covered by at least one topographic sheet.

Places on the National Register

34

Every property in this county listed on the National Register of Historic Places, with the year it was listed and the federal nomination document.

Photograph PropertyType ListedReference
Alfred Village Historic Districtdistrict198585002323
Alumni Hallbuilding198585002389
Angelica Park Circle Historic Districtdistrict197878001840
Belmont Grange #1243building200605001533
Belmont Hotelbuilding200101001319
Belmont Literary and Historical Society Free Librarybuilding200303000599
Belviderebuilding197272000822
Bolivar Free Librarybuilding200303000606
Canaseraga Four Corners Historic Districtdistrict200202000145
Caneadea Bridgestructure199898001388
Centerville Town Hallbuilding200909000154
Ceres Schoolbuilding201010000991
Christ Episcopal Churchbuilding197474001218
Cuba Cemeterysite201515000004
Fireman's Hallbuilding198080004275
Friendship Free Librarybuilding200808000769
Keller Opera Housebuilding199999000087
Main Street Historic Districtdistrict199999000087
McKinney Stables of Empire City Farmsbuilding199999001000
Old Allegany County Courthousebuilding197272000821
Pink House, Thebuilding2021100006214
Rail and Titsworth Canal Warehousebuilding200000000987
Reynolds House, Thebuilding2022100007412
Albert Smith Housebuilding198383004698
South Street Historic Districtdistrict198888000585
Alfred Steinheim Museumbuilding197373001163
Terra Cotta Buildingbuilding197272000820
The Little Genesee Schoolhouse-Genesee District No. 1 Schoolbuilding2025100011343
The Village of Wellsville East Historic Districtdistrict2025100011345
US Post Office-Wellsvillebuilding198988002445
Moses Van Campen Housebuilding200404000287
Wellman Housebuilding197474001219
Wellsville Erie Depotbuilding198787001426
West Almond Churchesbuilding200000000876

Bird's-eye views and land ownership maps

3

Drawn when these were printed as single large sheets: the town seen from the air, and the county divided into its farms with every owner named. Each opens the original at the Library of Congress.

Bird's-eye view, 1882 - Bird's eye view of the village of Friendship, Allegany County, New York : 1882
Bird's-eye view (1882) - Bird's eye view of the village of Friendship, Allegany County, New York : 1882. Library of Congress.
Land ownership map, 1856 - Map of Allegany Co., N.Y. : from actual surveys
Land ownership map (1856) - Map of Allegany Co., N.Y. : from actual surveys. Library of Congress.
Land ownership map, 1879 - Map of the Allegany County oil field : from surveys and official records
Land ownership map (1879) - Map of the Allegany County oil field : from surveys and official records. Library of Congress.

Photographs from libraries nationwide

2 of 4 shown

Selected from the Digital Public Library of America's 4 image records catalogued for this county. Every one shown here carries a public-domain status or a licence that permits reuse on a site that carries advertising; non-commercial, share-alike and restricted images are excluded. The selection is spread across the county's towns (at most eight per town), so no single institution's bulk upload crowds out the rest. Each opens the holding library's record, and the complete set at the Digital Public Library of America is one click away.

Alfred Centre, NY, Boston Public Library - undated
Alfred Centre, NY. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Map of Allegany Co., N.Y from actual surveys, Boston Public Library - undated
Map of Allegany Co., N.Y from actual surveys. Bechler, Gustavus R, Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.

The county from the air

45 shown

Flown by the U.S. Geological Survey between 1937 and 1989, the Aerial Photo Single Frames collection is the definitive mid-century view of the land: fields, roads and rivers as the camera saw them. The Survey holds 1,555 frames inside the rectangle that bounds this county; the 45 frames below were taken over the county itself, chosen across the decades of flights (at most four a year from that rectangle), so one flight cannot crowd out the rest. The full set is free to browse and download at EarthExplorer under the dataset Aerial Photo Single Frames.

U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1952-04-09, scale 1:23600
1952-04-09, scale 1:23600. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1952-04-09, scale 1:23600
1952-04-09, scale 1:23600. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1952-04-09, scale 1:23600
1952-04-09, scale 1:23600. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1956-10-19, scale 1:60000
1956-10-19, scale 1:60000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1956-10-19, scale 1:60000
1956-10-19, scale 1:60000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1958-04-15, scale 1:24000
1958-04-15, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1958-04-15, scale 1:24000
1958-04-15, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1960-04-01, scale 1:29000
1960-04-01, scale 1:29000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1960-04-01, scale 1:29000
1960-04-01, scale 1:29000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1960-04-01, scale 1:29000
1960-04-01, scale 1:29000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1961-05-17, scale 1:28000
1961-05-17, scale 1:28000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1961-05-17, scale 1:28000
1961-05-17, scale 1:28000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1961-05-17, scale 1:28000
1961-05-17, scale 1:28000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1961-05-17, scale 1:28000
1961-05-17, scale 1:28000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1972-04-29, scale 1:28000
1972-04-29, scale 1:28000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1977-05-01, scale 1:80000
1977-05-01, scale 1:80000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1952-04-09, scale 1:23600
1952-04-09, scale 1:23600. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1956-10-19, scale 1:60000
1956-10-19, scale 1:60000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1956-10-19, scale 1:60000
1956-10-19, scale 1:60000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1957-04-30, scale 1:60000
1957-04-30, scale 1:60000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1957-04-30, scale 1:60000
1957-04-30, scale 1:60000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1957-04-30, scale 1:60000
1957-04-30, scale 1:60000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1957-04-30, scale 1:60000
1957-04-30, scale 1:60000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1958-04-15, scale 1:24000
1958-04-15, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1958-04-15, scale 1:24000
1958-04-15, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1960-04-01, scale 1:29000
1960-04-01, scale 1:29000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1963-04-05, scale 1:27000
1963-04-05, scale 1:27000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1963-04-05, scale 1:27000
1963-04-05, scale 1:27000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1963-04-05, scale 1:27000
1963-04-05, scale 1:27000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1963-04-14, scale 1:19000
1963-04-14, scale 1:19000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1970-05-30, scale 1:24000
1970-05-30, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1970-05-30, scale 1:24000
1970-05-30, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1970-05-30, scale 1:24000
1970-05-30, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1970-05-30, scale 1:24000
1970-05-30, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1972-04-29, scale 1:28000
1972-04-29, scale 1:28000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1972-04-29, scale 1:28000
1972-04-29, scale 1:28000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1972-04-29, scale 1:28000
1972-04-29, scale 1:28000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1981-03-28, scale 1:80000
1981-03-28, scale 1:80000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1981-03-28, scale 1:80000
1981-03-28, scale 1:80000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1981-04-01, scale 1:80000
1981-04-01, scale 1:80000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1981-04-01, scale 1:80000
1981-04-01, scale 1:80000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 2002-04-10, scale 1:14400
2002-04-10, scale 1:14400. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 2002-04-10, scale 1:14400
2002-04-10, scale 1:14400. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 2002-04-10, scale 1:14400
2002-04-10, scale 1:14400. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 2002-04-10, scale 1:14400
2002-04-10, scale 1:14400. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

Weather records

29 stations, 10 gages

The thermometers that kept this county's weather, and the gages that measured the flow of its streams, as the federal records hold them. The extremes below are measured values from those records, not estimates.

The 1950 census, district by district

58 districts

Who lived here in 1950, one enumeration district at a time, as the Census Bureau described each district. Each row opens its official National Archives result, with Population Schedules and ED Maps available there.

  • 2-1Alfred town: Alfred village
  • 2-2Alfred town - That part outside Alfred village
  • 2-3Allen town
  • 2-4Alma town
  • 2-5Almond town: Almond village - That part in Allegany County comprising part of Almond town (Remainder of Almond village is in Hornellsville town, Steuben County)
  • 2-6Almond town - That part outside Almond village
  • 2-7Amity town: Belmont village: Belmont village - That part Bounded by Village limits; Village limits; Village limits; Genesee River, Genesee, Willets Ave.
  • 2-8Amity town: Belmont village - That part Bounded by Village limits; Willets Ave., Genesee, Genesee River; Village limits; Village limits
  • 2-9Amity town - That part outside Belmont village
  • 2-10Andover town: Andover village: Andover village - That part Bounded by Village limits; Village limits; Village limits; Village limits, Chestnut, Main, Erie Railroad
  • 2-11Andover village - That part Bounded by Village limits; Erie Railroad; Main Chestnut; Village limits
  • 2-12Andover town - That part outside Andover village
  • 2-13Angelica town: Angelica village
  • 2-14Angelica town - That part outside Angelica village
  • 2-15Belfast town: Belfast, unincorporated (See boundaries shown on aerial photo ARL-57-62)
  • 2-16Belfast town - That part east of State Highway 19 and County Highway 21, outside the unincorporated place of Belfast (See aerial photo ARL-57-62 for boundaries of Belfast)
  • 2-17Belfast town - That part west of State Highway 19 and County Highway 21, outside the unincorporated place of Belfast (See aerial photo ARL-57-62 for boundaries of Belfast)
  • 2-18Birdsall town
  • 2-19Richburg village, comprising parts of Bolivar and Wirt town: Richburg village - That part in Bolivar town
  • 2-20Richburg village - That part in Wirt town
  • 2-21Bolivar town, outside Richburg village: Bolivar village: Bolivar village - That part Bounded by Village limits; Village limits; Wellsville, Main, Liberty, Pittsburgh, Shawmut & Northern Railroad; Village limits
  • 2-22Bolivar village - That part Bounded by Wellsville; Village limits; Village limits; Village limits, Pittsburgh, Shawmut & Northern Railroad, Liberty, Main
  • 2-23Bolivar town - That part outside Bolivar and Richburg villages (Remainder of Bolivar town is in Richburg village)
  • 2-24Burns town: Canaseraga village
  • 2-25Burns town - That part outside Canaseraga village
  • 2-26Caneadea town
  • 2-27Centerville town
  • 2-28Clarksville town
  • 2-29Cuba town: Cuba village: Cuba village - That part east of Genesee and South
  • 2-30Cuba village - That part west of Genesee and South
  • 2-31Cuba town - That part outside Cuba village
  • 2-32Friendship town: Friendship village: Friendship village - That part north of Main and E. Main
  • 2-33Friendship village - That part south of Main and E. Main
  • 2-34Friendship town - That part outside Friendship village
  • 2-35Genesee town
  • 2-36Granger town
  • 2-37Grove town
  • 2-38Hume town: Fillmore village
  • 2-39Hume town - That part outside Fillmore village
  • 2-40Independence town
  • 2-41New Hudson town
  • 2-42Rushford town
  • 2-43Scio town
  • 2-44Ward town
  • 2-45Wellsville town: Wellsville village: Wellsville village - That part Bounded by Village limits; Village limits, Madison, Maple; Fassett; Erie Railroad, Genesee, Scott Ave.
  • 2-46Wellsville village - That part Bounded by Village limits; Scott Ave.; Genesee, N. Main, W. Pearl; Genesee River
  • 2-47Wellsville village - That part Bounded by Village limits; Genesee River, West Pearl; Stevens; Howard, Fassett Lane, Village limits
  • 2-48Wellsville village - That part Bounded by Fassett Lane, Howard, Stevens; W. Pearl, Earley, Highland Ave., Niles Hill Rd.; Village limits
  • 2-49Wellsville village - That part Bounded by Earley, W. Pearl; Genesee River; Village limits; Village limits, Niles Hill Rd., Highland Ave.
  • 2-50Wellsville village - That part Bounded by W. Pearl, N. Main, Genesee; Erie Railroad, Fassett, N. Main; E. State; Genesee River
  • 2-51Wellsville village - That part Bounded by Village limits; Dyke Creek; Genesee River, W. State, N. Main, Fassett, Maple Ave., Madison
  • 2-52Wellsville village - That part Bounded by Dyke Creek, Village limits; Village limits; Cameron, Osborne, E. Hanover; S. Main
  • 2-53Wellsville village - That part Bounded by Dyke Creek, S. Main, E. Hanover, Osborne, Cameron; Village limits; Village limits; Genesee River
  • 2-54Wellsville town - That part east of State Highway 19, outside Wellsville village
  • 2-55Wellsville town - That part west of State Highway 19, outside Wellsville village
  • 2-56West Almond town
  • 2-57Willing town
  • 2-58Wirt town - That part outside Richburg village (Remainder of Wirt town in Richburg village)

Wildfire, 1992 to 2020

598 fires

Every wildfire the federal occurrence database records inside this county: 598 of them, burning about 919 acres. 51 started naturally and 72 were recorded as arson. Each settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it.

Reported cause Fires
Missing data/not specified/undetermined327
Debris and open burning103
Arson/incendiarism72
Natural51
Equipment and vehicle use19
Recreation and ceremony10
Smoking8
Other causes3
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2

The five largest, by the area the report gives. One of them was set deliberately.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
6 May 1995Arson/incendiarism25 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
9 March 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined25 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
19 April 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 April 1999Debris and open burning20 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
19 April 2008Debris and open burning19 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
27 March 2019Debris and open burning18 acresNew York Forest RangersJACKSON RD. FIRE
27 March 2012Debris and open burning13 acresNew York Forest RangersEAST HILL FIRE
15 April 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined12 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named

Every settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it - see the settlement index below.

Storms, 1956 to 2026

60 of 452 shown

The NOAA Storm Events Database holds 452 reports for this county, causing no deaths, 38 injuries and about $20,216,500 in recorded property damage. Each settlement page carries the reports that name it.

Kind of event Reports
Thunderstorm Wind300
Flash Flood90
Hail31
Tornado11
Flood10
Heavy Rain7
Lightning3

The most serious of them, by death, then injury, then recorded damage. The accounts are quoted exactly as the forecast office filed them.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
November 2011Thunderstorm WindKossuth15 hurtPowerlines were downed along Route 417.
November 2011Thunderstorm WindFriendship10 hurtEmergency Management reported several power lines down.
June 2012Flash FloodRichburg10 hurtno account filed
June 2001Thunderstorm WindBelfast1 hurt, $50,000no account filed
June 2001Thunderstorm WindBelfast1 hurt, $20,000no account filed
July 2018LightningBelmont1 hurtA male was struck by lightning along Route 244 near Amity.
July 2003Flash FloodBelfast$7,000,000no account filed
August 2003Flash FloodAngelica$2,000,000no account filed
April 2011Flash FloodScio$1,200,000no account filed
August 2003Flash FloodAndover$1,000,000no account filed
August 2003Flash FloodWellsville$1,000,000no account filed
August 2000Flash FloodHume$750,000no account filed
September 1993Tornado (F2)Angelica$500,000The tornado first touched down and uprooted or snapped a number of large trees. A large annex to a barn disintegrated as the tornado passed by. The debris was scattered downwind across a field. A pickup truck was moved about 75 feet down a road and tossed into a pole. The tornado then crossed a field and uprooted a few large trees that all fell in roughly the same direction. A nearby house sustained significant structural damage and the entire structure was shifted slightly off its foundation. The tornado crossed a field and a stand of large trees. Many of the trees were knocked down in a very "chopped up" pattern.
April 2002Tornado (F2)Belfast$500,000no account filed
July 2017Tornado (EF1)Angelica$250,000A NWS storm survey confirmed an EF1 tornado touched down in Angelica.
July 2015Flash FloodNile$250,000no account filed
July 2015Flash FloodRossburg$250,000no account filed
May 2011Flash FloodWellsville$250,000no account filed
August 2009Tornado (EF1)Rawson$200,000NWS Survey confirmed tornado touchdown.
May 2014FloodAlmond$200,000no account filed
July 2015Flash FloodShort Tract$150,000no account filed
July 2015Flash FloodBirdsall$150,000no account filed
July 2015Flash FloodShort Tract$150,000no account filed
July 2015Flash FloodGarwoods$150,000no account filed
July 2005Thunderstorm WindWellsville$150,000no account filed
May 2011Thunderstorm WindFriendship$100,000A storm survey estimated wind gusts between 80 and 85 mph.
May 2014FloodCanaseraga$100,000no account filed
June 2005Thunderstorm WindScio$75,000no account filed
June 1998Thunderstorm WindCuba$75,000no account filed
June 2013Flash FloodCuba$60,000no account filed
June 2013Flash FloodWest Clarksville$55,000no account filed
May 2011FloodBelmont$50,000Flooding continued from afternoon and evening thunderstorms.
June 2010Tornado (EF1)Paynesville$50,000A NWS storm survey confirmed a tornado touched down in Allegany County then continued into Stueben County.
June 1994Thunderstorm WindCuba$50,000An isolated thunderstorm produced damaging winds that downed a 75 foot pine tree. The tree fell onto a house resulting in structural damage to the roof and second story. An outdoor gazebo was also flattened by the tree.
September 1993Thunderstorm WindCuba$50,000Thunderstorms produced high winds and torrential rains during the afternoon and evening hours. The strong thunderstorm winds downed trees and power lines. Scattered power outages were reported. The torrential rains caused some poor drainage flooding. In Olean, underpasses were flooded with waist-deep water.
June 2014Flash FloodShongo$50,000no account filed
May 2011Flash FloodBelmont$50,000no account filed
June 2006LightningWest Clarksville$50,000no account filed
June 2005Thunderstorm WindBolivar$50,000no account filed
August 1994Thunderstorm WindFillmore$50,000no account filed
September 2016Flash FloodCuba$45,000no account filed
June 2021Flash FloodWest Clarksville$40,000Water was pouring into four homes with at least four feet of water in each. The fire department was unable to successfully pump the water out for a time due to the rate of water coming into each home.
June 2002Thunderstorm WindBolivar$40,000no account filed
June 1997Thunderstorm WindAngelica$40,000no account filed
July 2015Thunderstorm WindWest Almond$35,000A NWS Survey found trees downed by straight-line thunderstorm winds.
August 2002Tornado (F1)Scio$35,000An isolated thunderstorm produced a weak tornado in the Town of Ward. The tornado first touched down near Wadsworth Hill Road and moved southeast crossing Vandermark Road before lifting off the ground. The storm caused considerable tree damage along its path. The tornado caused structural damage to a house and barn including roof damage and broken windows. Wind speeds were estimated at 80 to 90 mph.
September 2016Flash FloodNile$35,000no account filed
May 2011Flash FloodScio$35,000no account filed
August 2009Flash FloodAndover$35,000no account filed
April 2002Thunderstorm WindWest Almond$35,000no account filed
June 2002Thunderstorm WindAlmond$35,000no account filed
May 1998Thunderstorm WindAngelica$35,000no account filed
July 1997Tornado (F0)Stannards$35,000no account filed
June 2017Flash FloodRushford$30,000no account filed
July 2016Flash FloodAndover$30,000no account filed
May 2004Flash FloodAlfred$30,000no account filed
June 2002Thunderstorm WindCuba$30,000no account filed
January 2017FloodWellsville$25,000Genesee River at Wellsville crested at 11.11' at 9:15 PM EST on January 12. Flood stage is 11 feet.
July 2017Tornado (EF0)Houghton College Arp$25,000Drone video provided by the county emergency manager confirmed an EF0 tornado touched down near Rushford.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindFillmore$25,000Law enforcement reported trees and wires down.

Mines and quarries

17 recorded

The Survey's mineral resources record lists 17 workings inside this county. 9 still produce and 8 are closed or unrecorded. Each settlement page carries the workings within five miles of it.

Commodity Workings
Sand and Gravel, Construction11
Salt6

The least common of them first, because a county's hundredth gravel pit says nothing its first ten did not.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Adelbert King No.1 WellSaltPast Producer
Bank of Angelica No.3 WellSaltPast Producer
F.Chadwick No.1 WellSaltPast Producer
L.Newton No.1 WellSaltPast Producer
Matt Connor No.1 WellSaltPast Producer
T.J.& M.Williams WellSaltPast Producer
Alfed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Alfred PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Alfred Station PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Alfred Station PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Almond PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Bishopville PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Bolivar PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Clarksville PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Clover Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Genesee PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Hume PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Collected here, 1850 to 1974

8 of 1,170 shown

Museum specimens collected in and around this county - inside the rectangle that bounds it - and catalogued with a date and a place: 1,170 of them, by kingdom 930 animalia, 192 plantae, 37 fungi, 4 chromista, 4 unrecorded. Each is a physical object in a named collection, not a sighting. Held by CUMV, MSU, Ohio State University Acarology Laboratory, Columbus, OH (OSAL), SDC, University of Alberta Museums (UAM), CM among others, and each settlement page carries the specimens collected near it.

The oldest of them. A specimen proves something was collected on that day; its absence proves nothing.

Photograph YearSpecies KingdomWhere CollectorCatalogue
A photograph of the species Arabidopsis lyrata, not of this specimen1850Arabidopsis lyrata (L.) O'Kane & Al-ShehbazPlantaeRattlesnake Hill near Ithaca (Prof Dudley on 08/06/1880); Presque Isle, Penn. (04/25/1880)F. H. SeveranceMISSA MISSA006526
A photograph of the species Leucichthys Dybowski, not of this specimen1860Leucichthys Dybowski, 1874AnimaliaCaneadea Dam or Rushford LakeC. HeacoxCUMV 14645
A photograph of the species Sphagnum subsecundum, not of this specimen1867Sphagnum subsecundum NeesPlantaeCentrenot recordedNY 275531
A photograph of the species Salix bebbiana, not of this specimen1870Salix bebbiana Sarg.PlantaeAndoverA. P. GarberF V0382458F
A photograph of the species Cycnia oregonensis, not of this specimen1876Cycnia oregonensis StretchAnimaliaCentreJ. S. BaileyYPM YPM ENT 775009
A photograph of the species Phyciodes batesii, not of this specimen1876Phyciodes batesii Reakirt, 1865AnimaliaCentreJ. S. BaileyYPM YPM ENT 416845
A photograph of the species Acronicta albarufa, not of this specimen1877Acronicta albarufa Grote, 1874AnimaliaCentreJ. S. BaileyYPM YPM ENT 448840
A photograph of the species Acronicta tritona, not of this specimen1877Acronicta tritona Hübner, 1818AnimaliaCenterLintnerMIN UMSP000162013

Every populated place in the county

96

Named settlements recorded in the Geographic Names Information System, each with the topographic sheets covering it. Villages, hamlets and abandoned places alike. Each is shown with the nearest named watercourse or landform and the survey quadrangle it falls on.

The vanished settlements of Allegany County: the places named above that are no longer on the map.

Provenance

  • Topographic sheets. USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection, county index, measured from the bulk metadata.
  • Fire insurance maps. Library of Congress Sanborn collection, faceted to this county.
  • Photographs. Each place queried individually against the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs search.
  • 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.
  • Specimens. Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), https://www.gbif.org/. Only records licensed CC0 or CC BY are used. Records licensed CC BY-NC are excluded because this site carries advertising. Images are checked individually and any whose licence is non-commercial, no-derivatives or unreadable is refused.
  • 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.