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Allegany, New York

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Allegany town. It lies in ZIP code area 14706. It stands on Fivemile Creek. The Survey maps it on the Olean quadrangle. 1,544 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,421 feet above sea level.

Allegany within Cattaraugus County

Then and now

1898 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 88 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Allegany, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Allegany, surveyed 1898

Population over time

2 figures

Allegany fell from 1,816 to 1,544 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.

YearPeople Change
20101,816
20201,544-272 (-15%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 19 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

178 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 178 fires within 5 miles of Allegany between 1995 and 2019, burning about 169 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 21 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/undetermined74
Debris and open burning37
Smoking21
Arson/incendiarism21
Natural11
Equipment and vehicle use9
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Recreation and ceremony1
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
9 September 2008Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
23 September 2017Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
20 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
14 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
12 September 2012Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
12 September 2008Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cattaraugus County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Allegany: 7 past producers, 3 producers. 3 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
Allegany Aggregates PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Allegany Aggregates PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Bosers PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
E.F. Lippert and Co. S & G PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
E.F. Lippert and Co. S & G PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gulf Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gulf Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Lower Birch Run Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Lower Birch Run Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
William J. Lippert & Son S & G PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Cattaraugus County

Storms near this place

21 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Allegany in 21 storm reports between 1997 and 2023: 17 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 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 2003Flash FloodAllegany$2,500,000no account filed
May 2016Thunderstorm WindAllegany$15,000Law enforcement reported trees and wires downed by thunderstorm winds.
September 2014Thunderstorm WindAllegany$15,000Law enforcement reported trees and wires down on Nolan Drive.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindAllegany$15,000Law enforcement reported trees and wires down.
August 1998Flash FloodAllegany$12,000no account filed
October 2017Thunderstorm WindAllegany$10,000Law enforcement reported trees and wires downed by thunderstorm winds.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindAllegany$10,000Law enforcement reported trees and wires downed by thunderstorm winds.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindAllegany$10,000Law enforcement reported trees and wires downed by thunderstorm winds.
September 2013Thunderstorm WindAllegany$10,000Law enforcement reported trees and wires down.
March 2009FloodAllegany$10,000no account filed
June 2006Thunderstorm WindAllegany$8,000no account filed
August 1998Thunderstorm WindAllegany$7,000no account filed
August 2002Thunderstorm WindAllegany$5,000no account filed
July 1997Thunderstorm WindAllegany$5,000no account filed
April 2023Thunderstorm WindAllegany$2,000Trees and wires were downed.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindAllegany$2,000Multiple trees were downed on 4 Mile Road.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindAllegany$2,000Trees down.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindAllegany$1,000Trees were reported down.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindAllegany$1,000Trees and wires were reported down.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindAllegany$500A tree was downed on Five Mile Road.
June 2023HailAllegany-A report of nickel sized hail was received.

Every storm recorded in Cattaraugus 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
Crestview0.6 miles19
Saint Bonaventure1.2 miles19
Gardens of Brother Leo1.3 miles19
Glen of Saint Clare1.3 miles19
Village of Saint Anthony1.4 miles19
Homer Hill2.4 miles19
South Olean3.0 miles19
North Olean3.3 miles19

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 AlleganyAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3459761The 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 942341. 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.