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Apalachin, New York

29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Owego town. It lies in ZIP code area 13732. It stands on Apalachin Creek. The Survey maps it on the Apalachin quadrangle. 2,632 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 843 feet above sea level.

Apalachin within Tioga County

Then and now

1901 to 1992

The same ground, surveyed 91 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Apalachin, surveyed 1992
Topographic sheet of Apalachin, surveyed 1901

On record in Apalachin

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 1 record

Population over time

2 figures

Apalachin grew from 1,131 to 2,632 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
20101,131
20202,632+1,501 (+133%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 29 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

152 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 152 fires within 5 miles of Apalachin between 1992 and 2020, burning about 157 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 23 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/undetermined61
Debris and open burning30
Arson/incendiarism23
Natural12
Power generation/transmission/distribution7
Recreation and ceremony6
Smoking6
Equipment and vehicle use5
Misuse of fire by a minor2

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 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
23 September 2008Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
22 September 2003Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
21 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
20 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
18 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
14 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
1 September 2006Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tioga County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Apalachin: 2 past producers, 2 producers. 2 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
Nichols QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Nichols QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Wormuth PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Wormuth PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Tioga County

Storms near this place

35 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Apalachin in 35 storm reports between 1993 and 2024: 15 thunderstorm wind, 12 hail, 6 flash flood, 1 tornado. 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
September 2011Flash FloodApalachin$25,000,000Catastrophic flash flooding occurred in the Apalachian area. Many roads were flooded, with streams flowing in people's yards. Houses, roads and bridges were severely damaged.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindSouth Apalachin$70,000A microburst hit Apalachin NY at 948 pm EDT Wednesday 7/7/21 |as winds up to 80 mph blasted to the northeast and ended around |Campville at 950 pm EDT. The winds were strongest from McFadden |Road to Shady Hill Road and Route 434 near the eastern end of |Main Street. The winds in these areas were between 70 and 80 mph. |The rest of the Apalachin and Campville areas had winds of 60 to |70 mph estimated. The strongest winds lasted about 2 minutes. |Numerous trees were blown down with many structures having |minor damage and a few sustaining major damage from trees |falling on them. ||This area of damage was within a much broader area of thunderstorm |wind damage of 50 to 60 mph that hit many areas in Broome and Tioga |Counties in NY Wednesday evening July 7th, 2021.
May 1998Tornado (F0)Apalachin$50,000A supercell thunderstorm became tornadic across extreme southeastern section of the county. A tornado touched down in the town of Apalachin around 5:30 pm EDT just west of the Tioga/Broome county line. The tornado skipped along hilltop sections, snapping off trees along its path and causing considerable damage to the back porch of a house. The storm then pushed eastward into Broome county and continued to intensify.
August 2018Flash FloodApalachin$25,000Water was flowing over multiple roadways in the Campville area.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindApalachin$20,000A thunderstorm moved across the region and became severe. This thunderstorm produced severe winds and knocked over trees which caused structural damage on a house.
July 2017Flash FloodSouth Apalachin$20,000Water rescues were ongoing from Nichols to South Apalachin along Apalachin Creek and Harnick Roads.
August 2018Flash FloodApalachin$12,000Portions of Route 434 were closed. Water washed out portions of the road and a culvert.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindApalachin$10,000Strong thunderstorm winds brought down multiple trees in the Apalachin area.
November 2006Flash FloodApalachin$10,000Numerous roads washed out.
May 1998Thunderstorm WindApalachin$10,000A thunderstorm intensified to severe limits over southeastern portions of the county. Several large trees were toppled in Apalachin around 7:30 pm EDT.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindSouth Apalachin$5,000Strong thunderstorm winds snapped multiple trees.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindApalachin$5,000Strong thunderstorm winds brought down trees.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindApalachin$5,000Strong thunderstorm winds brought down wires on Pennsylvania Avenue.
August 1993Thunderstorm WindApalachin$5,000no account filed
July 2021Thunderstorm WindApalachin$2,000Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down a tree onto wires.
May 2017LightningApalachin$2,000Lightning struck a tree.
July 1995Thunderstorm WindApalachin$2,000no account filed
September 2012Thunderstorm WindApalachin$1,000Trees were blown down. Dime size hail also fell.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindApalachin$1,000Trees were blown down on Lilly Hill Road and Long Creek Road.
September 2012Thunderstorm WindApalachin-Pea size hail also fell.
September 2011Flash FloodApalachin-Several roads were flooded in Apalachin.
August 2008Thunderstorm WindApalachin-A few trees were blown down.
May 2004HailApalachin-0.75 inch hail.
June 2001Thunderstorm WindApalachin-Emergency managament reported several trees blown down by thunderstorm winds.
June 2001HailApalachin-SKYWARN storm spotters reported 3/4 inch diameter hail in Apalachin.
May 2014HailApalachin-no account filed
May 2011HailApalachin-no account filed
June 2011HailApalachin-no account filed
September 2011HailApalachin-no account filed
September 2010HailApalachin-no account filed
August 2008HailApalachin-no account filed
August 2008HailApalachin-no account filed
August 2007HailApalachin-no account filed
June 2006HailApalachin-no account filed
June 1994HailApalachin-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Tioga 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
Campville1.3 miles29
Crest View Heights2.0 miles30
Tioga Terrace2.0 miles30
South Apalachin3.5 miles29
Price Home4.2 miles29
Foster4.2 miles29
Gaskill4.4 miles29
South Owego4.4 miles29

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 ApalachinAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3462062The 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 942517. 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.