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.
Then and now
1915 to 1986The 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.


Population over time
2 figuresAlmond 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 466 | |
| 2020 | 415 | -51 (-11%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 21 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.
- 1915 USGS Hornell quadrangle1:62500
- 1918 USGS Hornell quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
- 1950 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1965 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Hornell quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Hornell quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Hornell quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
132 since 1994Regional 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/undetermined | 75 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 20 |
| Natural | 12 |
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Smoking | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 5 September 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.1 acres | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 26 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 25 September 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | 6.3 acres | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 17 September 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 1 September 2010 | Smoking | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 August 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 7 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected near this place
12 of 113 shownRegional 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 | Species | Year | Collected by | Where, as recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Acossus centerensis Lintner, 1877 | 1882 | not recorded | Centre |
![]() | unnamed | 1967 | D. Mackenzie | S. of Grove |
![]() | Sphagnum subsecundum Nees | 1867 | not recorded | Centre |
![]() | Cycnia oregonensis Stretch | 1876 | J. S. Bailey | Centre |
![]() | Phyciodes batesii Reakirt, 1865 | 1876 | J. S. Bailey | Centre |
![]() | Acronicta albarufa Grote, 1874 | 1877 | J. S. Bailey | Centre |
![]() | Balsa labecula Grote, 1880 | 1877 | J. S. Bailey | Centre |
![]() | Hemaris gracilis Grote & Robinson, 1865 | 1877 | J. S. Bailey | Centre |
![]() | Hemaris thysbe Fabricius, 1775 | 1877 | W.W. Hill | |
![]() | Morrisonia evicta (Grote, 1873) | 1877 | J. S. Bailey | Centre |
![]() | Sideridis maryx Guenée, 1852 | 1877 | J. S. Bailey | Centre |
![]() | Sideridis rosea Harvey, 1874 | 1877 | J. S. Bailey | Centre |
All 113 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alfed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Alfred Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Alfred Station Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Alfred Station Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Almond Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| State Source | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Wickham Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
13 since 1999Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2014 | Flood | Almond | $200,000 | no account filed |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | West Almond | $35,000 | A NWS Survey found trees downed by straight-line thunderstorm winds. |
| April 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | West Almond | $35,000 | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Almond | $35,000 | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Almond | $15,000 | no account filed |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | West Almond | $10,000 | Law Enforcement reported downed trees near Almond. |
| January 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Almond | $10,000 | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Almond | $10,000 | no account filed |
| June 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Almond | $10,000 | no account filed |
| March 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Almond | $5,000 | Multiple reports of trees downed in the Town of Almond. |
| August 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Almond | $2,000 | Trees and wires were downed. |
| March 2026 | Hail | West Almond | - | Received report with photo of hail in West Almond. |
| June 2025 | Flash Flood | West Almond | - | Flooding occurring with multiple road closures throughout town. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bishopville | 3.2 miles | 21 | |
| Alfred Station | 3.8 miles | 20 | |
| Tinkertown | 4.1 miles | 20 | |
| Karrdale | 4.4 miles | 20 | |
| North Almond | 5.0 miles | 18 | |
| Alfred | 5.5 miles | 20 | |
| Hiltonville | 6.4 miles | 20 | |
| Tip Top | 7.4 miles | 18 |
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 Almond | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3460126 | 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 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.




















