Arcade, New York
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1923 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Arcade town. It lies in ZIP code area 14009. It stands on Clear Creek. The Survey maps it on the Arcade quadrangle. 1,908 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,476 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1923 to 1984The same ground, surveyed 61 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


On record in Arcade
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
- Arcade Center Farmlisted 2004
Population over time
2 figuresArcade fell from 2,071 to 1,908 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 | 2,071 | |
| 2020 | 1,908 | -163 (-8%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 15 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.
- 1923 USGS Arcade quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1925 USGS Arcade quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1966 USGS Arcade quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1967 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
78 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 78 fires within 5 miles of Arcade between 2002 and 2020, burning about 55 acres in total. 9 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 40 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 14 |
| Debris and open burning | 12 |
| Natural | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 16 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 24 August 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 2 August 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 18 August 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 2 July 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 15 July 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 13 July 2007 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 Arcade: 4 producers, 3 past producers. 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fred Howe Well | Salt | Past Producer | ||
| K.R.Wilson No.1 Well | Salt | Past Producer | ||
| Rules Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Sardinia Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Spencer and Haley Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Spencer and Haley Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Town Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
29 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Arcade in 29 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 23 thunderstorm wind, 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 1998 | Flash Flood | Arcade | $4,500,000 | no account filed |
| July 1998 | Flash Flood | Arcade | $250,000 | no account filed |
| September 2000 | Flash Flood | Arcade | $175,000 | no account filed |
| August 2000 | Flash Flood | Arcade | $75,000 | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Flash Flood | Arcade | $50,000 | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Arcade | $30,000 | no account filed |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Arcade | $20,000 | no account filed |
| August 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Arcade | $18,000 | no account filed |
| December 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Arcade | $15,000 | Emergency Managment reported tree damage in Arcade. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Arcade | $15,000 | Law enforcement reported trees down. |
| April 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Arcade | $10,000 | Numerous reports of trees and wires downed. |
| October 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Arcade | $10,000 | Law enforcement reported trees and wires downed by thunderstorm winds. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Arcade | $10,000 | Law enforcement reported trees downed by thunderstorm winds. |
| January 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Arcade | $10,000 | Law enforcement reported trees and power lines down. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Arcade | $10,000 | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Arcade | $10,000 | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Arcade | $10,000 | no account filed |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Arcade | $8,000 | no account filed |
| September 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Arcade | $5,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed trees in Arcade. |
| May 2000 | Hail | Arcade | $5,000 | no account filed |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Arcade | $3,000 | no account filed |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Arcade | $2,000 | A few trees downed on wires in Arcade. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Arcade | $2,000 | Trees were downed. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Arcade | $2,000 | Trees were snapped and uprooted on North Street. |
| September 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Arcade | $1,000 | Trees were reported downed onto a road. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Arcade | $1,000 | A tree fell and brought down power lines. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Arcade | $1,000 | Two trees were reported down. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Arcade | $500 | Several large tree limbs were downed. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Arcade | - | Three to four trees downed in Arcade. One downed tree took out the service line to a house. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Punkshire Corners | 4.8 miles | 15 | |
| East Arcade | 4.9 miles | 15 | |
| Curriers | 6.0 miles | 15 | |
| Eagle | 6.7 miles | 15 | |
| Java Center | 8.3 miles | 15 | |
| Bliss | 9.5 miles | 15 | |
| Java Village | 9.6 miles | 15 | |
| Southburg | 10.6 miles | 14 |
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 Arcade | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3311552 | 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 942534. 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.







