Cherry Creek, New York
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Cherry Creek town. It lies in ZIP code area 14723. The Survey maps it on the Cherry Creek quadrangle. 409 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,311 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1900 to 1986The same ground, surveyed 86 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Population over time
2 figuresCherry Creek fell from 461 to 409 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 | 461 | |
| 2020 | 409 | -52 (-11%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1900 USGS Cherry Creek quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
- 1941 USGS Cherry Creek quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Cherry Creek quadrangle1:24000, 3 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
35 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 35 fires within 5 miles of Cherry Creek between 1997 and 2020, burning about 47 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 | 23 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 August 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 29 July 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 25 July 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 7 June 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 25 June 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 May 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 5 May 2013 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.5 acres | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 5 May 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Cherry Creek: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| C.M.Estee Well | Salt, Natural Gas | Past Producer | ||
| William Marsh No.1 Well | Salt | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
13 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cherry Creek in 13 storm reports between 1994 and 2026: 11 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 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 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cherry Creek | $50,000 | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Flash Flood | Cherry Creek | $35,000 | no account filed |
| September 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cherry Creek | $12,000 | The public reported trees and wires downed by thunderstorm winds. |
| April 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cherry Creek | $10,000 | Reports of several trees, power lines and power poles downed across Cherry Creek. |
| April 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cherry Creek | $10,000 | Multiple trees and wires were downed in Cherry Creek. |
| August 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cherry Creek | $10,000 | Spotters reported trees downed in Cherry Creek. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cherry Creek | $10,000 | Law Enforcement reported trees and wires downed by thunderstorm winds. |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cherry Creek | $10,000 | Law enforcement reported trees downed by thunderstorm winds were blocking Highway 83. |
| June 2007 | Hail | Cherry Creek | $5,000 | no account filed |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cherry Creek | $2,000 | A large tree and wires were downed on Maple Avenue. |
| August 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cherry Creek | $2,000 | Trees and wires were downed. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cherry Creek | $1,000 | A large tree and wires were down. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cherry Creek | $500 | A tree was down blocking both directions of Bates Road. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thornton | 3.7 miles | 16 | |
| Bates | 4.1 miles | 16 | |
| Conewango Valley | 4.2 miles | 17 | |
| Balcom | 5.2 miles | 17 | |
| Balcom Corners | 5.2 miles | 17 | |
| Ellington | 5.4 miles | 17 | |
| Clear Creek | 5.5 miles | 17 | |
| Hamlet | 5.5 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 Cherry Creek | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3459847 | 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 946509. 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.







