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Allens Hill, New York

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Richmond town. It lies in ZIP code area 14469. It stands on Allens Hill. The Survey maps it on the Honeoye quadrangle.

Allens Hill within Ontario County

Then and now

1901 to 1983

The same ground, surveyed 82 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Allens Hill, surveyed 1983
Topographic sheet of Allens Hill, surveyed 1901

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 22 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

49 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 49 fires within 5 miles of Allens Hill between 1993 and 2020, burning about 47 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 14 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
Arson/incendiarism14
Debris and open burning14
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Natural4
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Smoking1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
29 September 2019Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
28 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
2 September 2012Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
16 August 2015Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
16 July 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
16 July 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
12 July 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
26 June 2016Debris and open burning6.3 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Ontario County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Allens Hill: 9 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Salt, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Natural Gas. 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
Callister No.1 WellSalt, Natural GasPast Producer
Rubenstein No.1 WellSalt, Natural GasPast Producer
Bloomfield PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Bloomfield Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Connors Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Connors Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
West Bloomfield PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Abbey No.1 WellSaltPast Producer
D.Curran No.1 WellSaltPast Producer
Lynn Gladding No.1 WellSaltPast Producer

Every working recorded in Ontario County

Storms near this place

1 since 2024

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Allens Hill in 1 storm report in 2024: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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
June 2024Thunderstorm WindAllens Hill$1,500Tree and wires downed on County Road 15 near Reed Road.

Every storm recorded in Ontario 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
Richmond Center2.5 miles22
Frost Hollow2.8 miles22
Denison Corner3.1 miles22
Richmond Mills (historical)3.2 miles22
Honeoye3.5 miles22
Curtis Corner3.8 miles22
Speakers Corner4.1 miles23
Honeoye Park4.3 miles22

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 942370. 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.