Albion, New York
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Albion town. It lies in ZIP code area 14411. The Survey maps it on the Albion quadrangle. 5,637 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 541 feet above sea level.
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Then and now
1897 to 1984The same ground, surveyed 87 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


On record in Albion
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 8 records
William V. N. Barlow Houselisted 1983
Benjamin Franklin Gates Houselisted 2009
Mt. Albion Cemeterylisted 1976
North Main-Bank Streets Historic Districtlisted 1994
Orleans County Courthouse Historic Districtlisted 1979
Tousley-Church Houselisted 2002
US Post Office-Albionlisted 1988- Gaines District No. 2 Cobblestone Schoolhouselisted 2017
Population over time
2 figuresAlbion fell from 6,056 to 5,637 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 | 6,056 | |
| 2020 | 5,637 | -419 (-7%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 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.
- 1897 USGS Albion quadrangle1:62500, 7 printings
- 1944 USGS Albion quadrangle1:31680
- 1950 USGS Albion quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1950 USGS Albion quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1952 USGS Albion quadrangle1:24000
- 1952 USGS Toronto quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Toronto quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Toronto quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Lockport quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
134 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 134 fires within 5 miles of Albion between 2001 and 2020, burning about 93 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 41 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 | 58 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 41 |
| Natural | 10 |
| Smoking | 9 |
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 7 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 6 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 24 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 24 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 21 September 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 17 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 14 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 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
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Albion: 3 producers. All of them 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gravel Pit No 5 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit No 6 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Huckell Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
21 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Albion in 21 storm reports between 1995 and 2020: 10 thunderstorm wind, 7 flash flood, 4 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 2006 | Flash Flood | Albion | $200,000 | no account filed |
| October 1996 | Flash Flood | Albion | $50,000 | no account filed |
| October 1996 | Flash Flood | Albion | $50,000 | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Albion | $25,000 | no account filed |
| August 1996 | Flash Flood | Albion | $25,000 | no account filed |
| September 1998 | Hail | Albion | $20,000 | no account filed |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Albion | $15,000 | Law enforcement reported trees and wires downed by thunderstorm winds.. |
| August 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Albion | $15,000 | Law enforcement report trees downed by thunderstorm winds. |
| January 1998 | Flash Flood | Albion | $15,000 | no account filed |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Albion | $10,000 | A tree was downed onto a trailer. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Albion | $10,000 | Officials reported trees downed by thunderstorm winds. |
| August 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Albion | $10,000 | Law enforcement reported trees and wires down. |
| August 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Albion | $10,000 | Trees and wires were downed by thunderstorm winds. |
| September 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Albion | $10,000 | Law enforcement reported trees and wires down on Crimson Heights Road. |
| September 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Albion | $10,000 | Law enforcement reported trees and wires down on Zig Zag Road. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Albion | $10,000 | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Hail | Albion | $5,000 | no account filed |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Albion | $3,000 | no account filed |
| January 1998 | Flash Flood | Albion | $1,000 | no account filed |
| January 1998 | Flash Flood | Albion | $1,000 | no account filed |
| August 2011 | Hail | Albion | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oak Orchard Estates | 0.7 miles | 14 | |
| Heritage Estates | 0.8 miles | 14 | |
| Five Corners | 1.1 miles | 14 | |
| Gaines Basin | 1.8 miles | 14 | |
| Richs Corners | 2.6 miles | 20 | |
| Childs | 2.8 miles | 14 | |
| Gaines | 2.9 miles | 14 | |
| Eagle Harbor | 3.2 miles | 17 |
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 Albion | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2831925 | 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 942246. 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.








