Candor, New York
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Candor town. It lies in ZIP code area 13743. It stands on Cole Brook. The Survey maps it on the Candor quadrangle. 786 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 902 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1903 to 1992The same ground, surveyed 89 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


On record in Candor
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
John W. McCarty Houselisted 2001
Population over time
2 figuresCandor fell from 851 to 786 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 | 851 | |
| 2020 | 786 | -65 (-8%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 21 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.
- 1903 USGS Owego quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
- 1906 USGS Catatonk quadrangle1:125000
- 1950 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Candor quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Owego quadrangle1:62500
- 1958 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1965 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Candor quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
61 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 61 fires within 5 miles of Candor between 1999 and 2020, burning about 91 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 8 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 | 28 |
| Debris and open burning | 15 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2000 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 3 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 28 September 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 26 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 26 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 15 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 21 August 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 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
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Candor: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ward's Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
30 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Candor in 30 storm reports between 1993 and 2024: 22 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 1 flash flood, 1 lightning. 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 2015 | Flash Flood | Candor | $400,000 | Numerous bridges and roads were washed out by severe flooding from North Spencer to Candor and Newark Valley, including a bridge on West Creek Road. |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Candor | $15,000 | Strong thunderstorm winds brought down multiple trees throughout Candor. A roof was also blown off of an unknown size building. |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Candor | $15,000 | Strong thunderstorm winds brought down several large trees on a parked car. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Candor | $15,000 | Trees and wires were blown down throughout town. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Candor | $10,000 | Strong thunderstorm winds brought down trees and wires near Bell Road. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Candor | $10,000 | Strong thunderstorm winds brought down trees and wires. |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | West Candor | $10,000 | Strong thunderstorm winds brought down numerous trees along State Route 96. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Candor | $10,000 | Thunderstorm winds knocked down trees on Route 96. |
| August 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Candor | $10,000 | A thunderstorm moved across the region and became severe. This thunderstorm resulted in trees and wires being knocked over and landed on a house on Fairfield Road. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Candor | $10,000 | A severe thunderstorm produced severe winds as it moved across the area. The thunderstorm resulted in a few trees being knocked over near Candor, Village of Owego and Newark valley. |
| June 2023 | Lightning | Candor | $5,000 | A house was struck by lightning. |
| August 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | West Candor | $5,000 | A thunderstorm moved across the region and became severe. This thunderstorm produced severe winds and knocked over a few trees between Spencer and Candor. |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Candor | $5,000 | Trees and power lines were blown down. |
| July 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Candor | $5,000 | no account filed |
| August 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Candor | $5,000 | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Candor | $3,000 | Several trees were blown down in the town of Candor. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Candor | $2,500 | Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down trees on Reservoir Hill Road. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Candor | $2,500 | Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down trees on Barden Road. |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Candor | $2,000 | A thunderstorm moved across the region and became severe. This thunderstorm produced severe winds and knocked down wires across the roadway in the vicinity of Tutlle Hill Road. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Candor | $2,000 | A few trees were blown down. |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Candor | $2,000 | no account filed |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | West Candor | $1,000 | Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down tree onto roadway. |
| September 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Candor | $1,000 | A few trees were blown down. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Candor | - | Trees and wires were blown down. A lot of limbs and other debris covered some roads. |
| June 2000 | Hail | Candor | - | 1 inch diameter hail was reported by storm spotters in Candor, with some accumulation noted. Local newspaper reports also noted many trees and wires down with 100 residents left without power from Candor to Catatonk. |
| August 2019 | Hail | Candor | - | no account filed |
| June 2013 | Hail | Candor | - | no account filed |
| July 2007 | Hail | Candor | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Candor | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Candor | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gridleyville | 1.8 miles | 21 | |
| Hubbardtown | 2.5 miles | 21 | |
| Fairfield | 3.4 miles | 21 | |
| Hamar Estates | 3.4 miles | 21 | |
| Upper Fairfield | 3.7 miles | 25 | |
| West Candor | 4.1 miles | 23 | |
| Willseyville | 4.4 miles | 28 | |
| Catatonk | 5.6 miles | 21 |
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 Candor | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3459803 | 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 945764. 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.










