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Alloway, New York

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Lyons town. It lies in ZIP code area 14489. The Survey maps it on the Lyons quadrangle.

Alloway within Wayne County

Then and now

1902 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 83 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Alloway, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Alloway, surveyed 1902

On record in Alloway

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 within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

99 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 99 fires within 5 miles of Alloway between 2000 and 2019, burning about 89 acres in total. 2 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/undetermined55
Arson/incendiarism21
Debris and open burning10
Equipment and vehicle use7
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Natural2
Smoking1

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
7 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
27 September 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
19 September 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
14 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Wayne County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Alloway: 4 past producers, 4 producers, 1 prospect. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Salt. 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
Alloway No.1 WellSaltProspect
Bauer's PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Bauer's PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Highway Department PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Highway Department PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Long Branch PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Long Branch PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Pit Number 1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Pit Number 1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Wayne County

Storms near this place

1 since 2025

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Alloway in 1 storm report in 2025: 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
May 2025Thunderstorm WindAlloway$500Large tree down just south of Lyons.

Every storm recorded in Wayne 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
Lyons2.8 miles22
Marbletown4.1 miles22
Marengo4.1 miles22
Green Meadows Park4.4 miles22
Lock Berlin4.4 miles22
Vienna Estates4.8 miles22
Mayo Park4.8 miles22
Pilgrimport5.1 miles22

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 942385. 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.