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Almond, New York

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Almond town. It lies in ZIP code area 14804. It stands on Karr Valley Creek. The Survey maps it on the Hornell quadrangle. 415 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,344 feet above sea level.

Almond within Allegany County

Then and now

1915 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 71 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Almond, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Almond, surveyed 1915

Population over time

2 figures

Almond fell from 466 to 415 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
2010466
2020415-51 (-11%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 21 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

132 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 132 fires within 5 miles of Almond between 1994 and 2020, burning about 150 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 20 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/undetermined75
Arson/incendiarism20
Natural12
Debris and open burning8
Smoking8
Equipment and vehicle use3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Recreation and ceremony2

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 2019Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
5 September 2018Arson/incendiarism3.1 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
26 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
25 September 2017Arson/incendiarism6.3 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
17 September 2007Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
1 September 2010Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 August 2015Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
7 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Allegany County

Specimens collected near this place

12 of 113 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 113 specimens collected within 10 miles of Almond between 1867 and 1971: 72 Plantae, 37 Animalia, 2 Fungi, 1 Unrecorded, 1 Protozoa. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by C.F. Cook, D. Mackenzie, De Alton Saunders and others. Each is a physical object with a catalogue number, and each entry opens the museum's record. This is what was collected and kept, not a survey of what lives here - nothing can be concluded from a species being absent.

Image SpeciesYear Collected by Where, as recorded
Specimen of Acossus centerensis Lintner, 1877Acossus centerensis Lintner, 18771882not recordedCentre
Specimen of unnamed1967D. MackenzieS. of Grove
A photograph of the species Sphagnum subsecundum, not of this specimenSphagnum subsecundum Nees1867not recordedCentre
A photograph of the species Cycnia oregonensis, not of this specimenCycnia oregonensis Stretch1876J. S. BaileyCentre
A photograph of the species Phyciodes batesii, not of this specimenPhyciodes batesii Reakirt, 18651876J. S. BaileyCentre
A photograph of the species Acronicta albarufa, not of this specimenAcronicta albarufa Grote, 18741877J. S. BaileyCentre
A photograph of the species Balsa labecula, not of this specimenBalsa labecula Grote, 18801877J. S. BaileyCentre
A photograph of the species Hemaris gracilis, not of this specimenHemaris gracilis Grote & Robinson, 18651877J. S. BaileyCentre
A photograph of the species Hemaris thysbe, not of this specimenHemaris thysbe Fabricius, 17751877W.W. Hill
A photograph of the species Morrisonia evicta, not of this specimenMorrisonia evicta (Grote, 1873)1877J. S. BaileyCentre
A photograph of the species Sideridis maryx, not of this specimenSideridis maryx Guenée, 18521877J. S. BaileyCentre
A photograph of the species Sideridis rosea, not of this specimenSideridis rosea Harvey, 18741877J. S. BaileyCentre

All 113 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Almond: 5 producers, 2 past producers. 5 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
Alfed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Alfred PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Alfred Station PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Alfred Station PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Almond PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
State SourceSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Wickham PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Allegany County

Storms near this place

13 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Almond in 13 storm reports between 1999 and 2026: 10 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood, 1 flash 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
May 2014FloodAlmond$200,000no account filed
July 2015Thunderstorm WindWest Almond$35,000A NWS Survey found trees downed by straight-line thunderstorm winds.
April 2002Thunderstorm WindWest Almond$35,000no account filed
June 2002Thunderstorm WindAlmond$35,000no account filed
July 1999Thunderstorm WindAlmond$15,000no account filed
July 2014Thunderstorm WindWest Almond$10,000Law Enforcement reported downed trees near Almond.
January 2008Thunderstorm WindAlmond$10,000no account filed
June 2007Thunderstorm WindAlmond$10,000no account filed
June 2000Thunderstorm WindAlmond$10,000no account filed
March 2025Thunderstorm WindAlmond$5,000Multiple reports of trees downed in the Town of Almond.
August 2022Thunderstorm WindAlmond$2,000Trees and wires were downed.
March 2026HailWest Almond-Received report with photo of hail in West Almond.
June 2025Flash FloodWest Almond-Flooding occurring with multiple road closures throughout town.

Every storm recorded in Allegany 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
Bishopville3.2 miles21
Alfred Station3.8 miles20
Tinkertown4.1 miles20
Karrdale4.4 miles20
North Almond5.0 miles18
Alfred5.5 miles20
Hiltonville6.4 miles20
Tip Top7.4 miles18

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 AlmondAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3460126The 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 942389. 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.

Specimens. Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), https://www.gbif.org/. Only records licensed CC0 or CC BY are used. Records licensed CC BY-NC are excluded because this site carries advertising. Images are checked individually and any whose licence is non-commercial, no-derivatives or unreadable is refused.

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.