Cameron Mills, New York
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1924 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Rathbone town. It lies in ZIP code area 14820. It stands on Helmer Creek. The Survey maps it on the Rathbone quadrangle. It stands 1,033 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1924 to 1986The 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.


On record in Cameron Mills
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
Town Linke Church and Cemeterylisted 2000
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 19 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.
- 1924 USGS Woodhull quadrangle1:48000
- 1926 USGS Woodhull quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1944 USGS Woodhull quadrangle1:62500
- 1950 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Rathbone quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1965 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Hornell quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
58 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 58 fires within 5 miles of Cameron Mills between 1996 and 2020, burning about 120 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 5 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 | 27 |
| Debris and open burning | 13 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 2 August 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 12 August 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 10 August 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 6 July 2016 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 5 July 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 5 July 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 23 July 2016 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Cameron Mills: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Town of Cameron Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 2021Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cameron Mills in 4 storm reports between 2021 and 2025: 3 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2021 | Flash Flood | Cameron Mills | $15,000 | A residence was surrounded by water with a person trapped inside. Swiftwater rescues underway. |
| July 2021 | Flash Flood | Cameron Mills | $3,000 | Tracy Creek is flooding near Tracy Creek Rd, and Richtmeyer Rd. |
| May 2025 | Flash Flood | Cameron Mills | $2,000 | County Route 80 was closed due to water over roadways. |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cameron Mills | $1,000 | Strong thunderstorm winds knocked a tree down across a roadway. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameron | 2.6 miles | 20 | |
| South Cameron | 3.6 miles | 20 | |
| Risingville | 3.7 miles | 19 | |
| Rathbone | 3.9 miles | 19 | |
| Hedgesville | 3.9 miles | 20 | |
| South Thurston | 3.9 miles | 19 | |
| West Cameron | 4.2 miles | 20 | |
| North Cameron | 5.1 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 Cameron Mills | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q48740580 | 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 969949. 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.








