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.
Then and now
1898 to 1986The 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.


Population over time
2 figuresAllegany 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,816 | |
| 2020 | 1,544 | -272 (-15%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 19 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.
- 1898 USGS Olean quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1938 USGS Olean quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1943 USGS Olean quadrangle1:62500
- 1960 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Olean quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1967 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Olean quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
178 since 1995Regional 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/undetermined | 74 |
| Debris and open burning | 37 |
| Smoking | 21 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 21 |
| Natural | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2008 | Smoking | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 5 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 4 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 23 September 2017 | Smoking | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 20 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 14 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 12 September 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 12 September 2008 | Smoking | 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 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allegany Aggregates Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Allegany Aggregates Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Bosers Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| E.F. Lippert and Co. S & G Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| E.F. Lippert and Co. S & G Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gulf Road Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gulf Road Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Lower Birch Run Road Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Lower Birch Run Road Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| William J. Lippert & Son S & G Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary |
Storms near this place
21 since 1997Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2003 | Flash Flood | Allegany | $2,500,000 | no account filed |
| May 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Allegany | $15,000 | Law enforcement reported trees and wires downed by thunderstorm winds. |
| September 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Allegany | $15,000 | Law enforcement reported trees and wires down on Nolan Drive. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Allegany | $15,000 | Law enforcement reported trees and wires down. |
| August 1998 | Flash Flood | Allegany | $12,000 | no account filed |
| October 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Allegany | $10,000 | Law enforcement reported trees and wires downed by thunderstorm winds. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Allegany | $10,000 | Law enforcement reported trees and wires downed by thunderstorm winds. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Allegany | $10,000 | Law enforcement reported trees and wires downed by thunderstorm winds. |
| September 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Allegany | $10,000 | Law enforcement reported trees and wires down. |
| March 2009 | Flood | Allegany | $10,000 | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Allegany | $8,000 | no account filed |
| August 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Allegany | $7,000 | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Allegany | $5,000 | no account filed |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Allegany | $5,000 | no account filed |
| April 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Allegany | $2,000 | Trees and wires were downed. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Allegany | $2,000 | Multiple trees were downed on 4 Mile Road. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Allegany | $2,000 | Trees down. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Allegany | $1,000 | Trees were reported down. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Allegany | $1,000 | Trees and wires were reported down. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Allegany | $500 | A tree was downed on Five Mile Road. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Allegany | - | A report of nickel sized hail was received. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crestview | 0.6 miles | 19 | |
| Saint Bonaventure | 1.2 miles | 19 | |
| Gardens of Brother Leo | 1.3 miles | 19 | |
| Glen of Saint Clare | 1.3 miles | 19 | |
| Village of Saint Anthony | 1.4 miles | 19 | |
| Homer Hill | 2.4 miles | 19 | |
| South Olean | 3.0 miles | 19 | |
| North Olean | 3.3 miles | 19 |
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 Allegany | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3459761 | 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 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.








