Clarence Center, New York
27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Clarence town. It lies in ZIP code area 14032. The Survey maps it on the Clarence Center quadrangle. 2,605 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 633 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1897 to 1984The same ground, surveyed 87 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


On record in Clarence Center
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
Eshelman, J., and Company Storelisted 1982
Population over time
2 figuresClarence Center grew from 2,257 to 2,605 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 | 2,257 | |
| 2020 | 2,605 | +348 (+15%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 27 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.
- 1897 USGS Lockport quadrangle1:62500
- 1899 USGS Niagara quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1902 USGS Lockport quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
- 1905 USGS Lockport quadrangle1:62500
- 1948 USGS Lockport quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1950 USGS Clarence Center quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1952 USGS Toronto quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Toronto quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Clarence Center quadrangle1:24000
- 1965 USGS Toronto quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Clarence Center quadrangle1:25000
- 1984 USGS Lockport quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
226 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 226 fires within 5 miles of Clarence Center between 2000 and 2020, burning about 79 acres in total. 36 started naturally. 16 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 | 120 |
| Natural | 36 |
| Debris and open burning | 17 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 16 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 15 |
| Smoking | 13 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| 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 September 2007 | Smoking | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 6 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 5 September 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 5 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 5 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 4 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 4 September 2001 | 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 13 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Clarence Center: 10 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gypsum-Anhydrite, Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lancaster Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Buffalo Quarry and Mill | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Lancaster Quarry and Plant | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Atlas Gypsum Company Mill | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Past Producer | ||
| Clarence Center Mine | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Clarence Center Mine & Mill | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Past Producer | ||
| National Gypsum Company Mill | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Past Producer | ||
| Clarence Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Clarence Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Genessee Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary |
Storms near this place
7 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Clarence Center in 7 storm reports between 2004 and 2024: 3 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 heavy rain, 1 flood. 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 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clarence Center | $10,000 | Law enforcement reported trees down by thunderstorm winds on Clarence Center Road. |
| August 2005 | Hail | Clarence Center | $10,000 | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clarence Center | $10,000 | no account filed |
| April 2010 | Hail | Clarence Center | $5,000 | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Hail | Clarence Center | $5,000 | no account filed |
| January 2024 | Flood | Clarence Center | - | Greiner Road closed in Clarence, Route 266 closed in Tonawanda and the Route 324 on-ramp to I-290 closed in Amherst due to flooding. |
| July 2019 | Heavy Rain | Clarence Center | - | Heavy rain fell for one hour and measured 2.72 inches. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Clarence | 2.7 miles | 27 | |
| Hunts Corners | 3.0 miles | 27 | |
| East Amherst | 3.2 miles | 27 | |
| Wolcottsburg | 3.3 miles | 27 | |
| Clarence | 3.4 miles | 19 | |
| Swormville | 3.7 miles | 27 | |
| Harris Hill | 3.8 miles | 19 | |
| Woodstream Farms | 4.3 miles | 27 |
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 Clarence Center | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3268649 | 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 946736. 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.











