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Ashford Hollow, New York

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1924 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Ashford town. It lies in ZIP code area 14171. The Survey maps it on the Ashford Hollow quadrangle.

Ashford Hollow within Cattaraugus County

Then and now

1924 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 62 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Ashford Hollow, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Ashford Hollow, surveyed 1924

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 15 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

32 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 32 fires within 5 miles of Ashford Hollow between 2002 and 2020, burning about 31 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 was 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/undetermined24
Debris and open burning6
Equipment and vehicle use1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
22 September 2008Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
21 July 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
23 May 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
11 May 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
30 April 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
30 April 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
28 April 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
28 April 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cattaraugus County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Ashford Hollow: 1 producer. All of them 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
East Otto Town PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Cattaraugus County

Storms near this place

3 since 2026

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ashford Hollow in 3 storm reports in 2026: 2 hail, 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
March 2026Thunderstorm WindAshford Hollow$10,000Multiple trees and powerlines downed near Ashford Hollow Road.
March 2026HailAshford Hollow-Received report on Facebook of accumulating hail on Route 219 just south of Cattaraugus Creek.
March 2026HailAshford Hollow-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Cattaraugus 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
Fox2.5 miles15
Whiteford Hollow2.8 miles15
Plato3.7 miles13
East Otto3.8 miles16
Brooklyn3.9 miles15
West Valley4.0 miles13
Riceville4.6 miles13
Maples5.5 miles13

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.

Wikidata item Q122546106The 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 942631. 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.