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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.

Candor within Tioga County

Then and now

1903 to 1992

The 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.

Topographic sheet of Candor, surveyed 1992
Topographic sheet of Candor, surveyed 1903

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

Population over time

2 figures

Candor 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.

YearPeople Change
2010851
2020786-65 (-8%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 21 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

61 since 1999

Regional 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/undetermined28
Debris and open burning15
Arson/incendiarism8
Equipment and vehicle use5
Smoking3
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Natural1

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
7 September 2000Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
28 September 2018Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
26 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
26 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
15 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
21 August 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tioga 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 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Ward's PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Tioga County

Storms near this place

30 since 1993

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2015Flash FloodCandor$400,000Numerous 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 2019Thunderstorm WindCandor$15,000Strong thunderstorm winds brought down multiple trees throughout Candor. A roof was also blown off of an unknown size building.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindCandor$15,000Strong thunderstorm winds brought down several large trees on a parked car.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindCandor$15,000Trees and wires were blown down throughout town.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindCandor$10,000Strong thunderstorm winds brought down trees and wires near Bell Road.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindCandor$10,000Strong thunderstorm winds brought down trees and wires.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindWest Candor$10,000Strong thunderstorm winds brought down numerous trees along State Route 96.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindCandor$10,000Thunderstorm winds knocked down trees on Route 96.
August 2016Thunderstorm WindCandor$10,000A 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 2015Thunderstorm WindCandor$10,000A 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 2023LightningCandor$5,000A house was struck by lightning.
August 2017Thunderstorm WindWest Candor$5,000A thunderstorm moved across the region and became severe. This thunderstorm produced severe winds and knocked over a few trees between Spencer and Candor.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindCandor$5,000Trees and power lines were blown down.
July 1994Thunderstorm WindCandor$5,000no account filed
August 1993Thunderstorm WindCandor$5,000no account filed
July 2009Thunderstorm WindCandor$3,000Several trees were blown down in the town of Candor.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindCandor$2,500Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down trees on Reservoir Hill Road.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindCandor$2,500Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down trees on Barden Road.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindCandor$2,000A 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 2011Thunderstorm WindCandor$2,000A few trees were blown down.
July 1995Thunderstorm WindCandor$2,000no account filed
July 2023Thunderstorm WindWest Candor$1,000Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down tree onto roadway.
September 2012Thunderstorm WindCandor$1,000A few trees were blown down.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindCandor-Trees and wires were blown down. A lot of limbs and other debris covered some roads.
June 2000HailCandor-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 2019HailCandor-no account filed
June 2013HailCandor-no account filed
July 2007HailCandor-no account filed
June 2006HailCandor-no account filed
June 2006HailCandor-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Tioga 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
Gridleyville1.8 miles21
Hubbardtown2.5 miles21
Fairfield3.4 miles21
Hamar Estates3.4 miles21
Upper Fairfield3.7 miles25
West Candor4.1 miles23
Willseyville4.4 miles28
Catatonk5.6 miles21

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 CandorAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3459803The 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.