Castile, New York
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Castile town. It lies in ZIP code area 14427. The Survey maps it on the Castile quadrangle. 970 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,355 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1905 to 1984The same ground, surveyed 79 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Population over time
3 figuresCastile fell from 1,051 to 970 between 2000 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 1,051 | |
| 2010 | 1,015 | -36 (-3%) |
| 2020 | 970 | -45 (-4%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 17 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.
- 1905 USGS Portage quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
- 1943 USGS Castile quadrangle1:24000
- 1944 USGS Castile quadrangle1:31680
- 1960 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1967 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Castile quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1973 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
59 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 59 fires within 5 miles of Castile between 2003 and 2020, burning about 37 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 15 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 | 34 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 15 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 17 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 9 August 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 9 August 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 3 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 25 August 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 23 July 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 22 July 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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
10 of 11 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Castile: 8 past producers, 2 producers, 1 unknown. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Salt, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Bromine. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Silver Springs Plant | Bromine | Past Producer | Brine | |
| Portage Town Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Town Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| A.Kerr Bros.& Co.Well | Salt | Past Producer | ||
| Castile Salt Co.Well | Salt | Past Producer | ||
| Duncan Salt Co.Well | Salt | Past Producer | ||
| Gainesville Salt Co.Well | Salt | Past Producer | ||
| J.Harding No.1 Well | Salt | Past Producer | ||
| Morton Salt Co.Salt Well No.13. | Salt | Past Producer | ||
| Morton Salt/ Silver Springs Plant | Salt | Unknown |
Storms near this place
11 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Castile in 11 storm reports between 1995 and 2023: 5 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 3 hail. 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 2008 | Flash Flood | Castile | $45,000 | no account filed |
| October 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Castile | $10,000 | Law enforcement reported trees and wires downed by thunderstorm winds. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Castile | $10,000 | no account filed |
| November 2005 | Hail | Castile | $10,000 | no account filed |
| September 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Castile | $8,000 | Law enforcement reported trees down. |
| June 1996 | Flash Flood | Castile | $8,000 | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Castile | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Castile | $5,000 | no account filed |
| September 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Castile | $2,000 | Trees and wires reported down. |
| July 2023 | Flash Flood | Castile | - | Portions of Park Road and other hiking trails in Letchworth Park closed due to flooding. |
| June 2014 | Hail | Castile | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chace | 2.6 miles | 17 | |
| Silver Springs | 2.7 miles | 17 | |
| Fairview | 3.6 miles | 17 | |
| Silver Lake Junction | 3.6 miles | 17 | |
| Lamont | 3.8 miles | 18 | |
| Portageville | 4.2 miles | 18 | |
| Gainesville | 4.3 miles | 17 | |
| Rock Glen | 5.2 miles | 17 |
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 Castile | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q601960 | 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 945981. 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.








