Ashville, New York
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1986. It stands in North Harmony town. It lies in ZIP code area 14710. It stands on Goose Creek. The Survey maps it on the Panama quadrangle. It stands 1,358 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1904 to 1986The same ground, surveyed 82 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


On record in Ashville
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
Smith Bly Houselisted 1974
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 16 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.
- 1904 USGS Chautaqua quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1904 USGS Chautauqua quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1941 USGS Chautauqua quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Panama quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1967 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Jamestown quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
144 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 144 fires within 5 miles of Ashville between 2000 and 2020, burning about 132 acres in total. 19 started naturally. 17 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 | 69 |
| Debris and open burning | 23 |
| Natural | 19 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 17 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Other causes | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 24 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.1 acres | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 20 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 19 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 18 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 13 September 2016 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 11 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 13 acres | New York Forest Rangers | GORDON FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Ashville: 2 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Salt, Natural Gas. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kyle Morse No.1 Well | Salt, Natural Gas | Past Producer | ||
| Cassadaga Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| W. Lee Bull Sand & Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| W. Lee Bull Sand & Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ashville in 2 storm reports between 2009 and 2016: 1 flash flood, 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maple Point | 1.0 miles | 17 | |
| Loomises | 1.0 miles | 17 | |
| Vukote | 1.1 miles | 17 | |
| Boomertown | 1.2 miles | 17 | |
| Shermans Bay | 1.5 miles | 17 | |
| Niets Crest | 1.7 miles | 16 | |
| Long View | 2.1 miles | 16 | |
| Blockville | 2.2 miles | 16 |
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 Ashville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4806153 | 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 942643. 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.








