Clifton Springs, New York
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Manchester town. It lies in ZIP code area 14432. It stands on Sulphur Creek. The Survey maps it on the Clifton Springs quadrangle. 2,209 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 577 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1902 to 1983The same ground, surveyed 81 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


On record in Clifton Springs
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 3 records
Clifton Springs Sanitariumlisted 1979
Clifton Springs Sanitarium Historic Districtlisted 1990- Oliver Warner Farmsteadlisted 1988
Population over time
2 figuresClifton Springs grew from 2,127 to 2,209 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 | 2,127 | |
| 2020 | 2,209 | +82 (+4%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1902 USGS Phelps quadrangle1:62500, 7 printings
- 1950 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1951 USGS Clifton Springs quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1965 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Canandaigua quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
115 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 115 fires within 5 miles of Clifton Springs between 2002 and 2020, burning about 68 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 32 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 | 60 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 32 |
| Debris and open burning | 10 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2003 | 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 |
| 27 September 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 24 September 2018 | Smoking | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 21 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 19 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 17 September 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 1 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
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 Clifton Springs: 7 past producers, 6 producers. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gypsum-Anhydrite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phelps Quarry | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit No. 11 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Jansen Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Jansen Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Mackenzie Pit and Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Manchester Pit and Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Manchester Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Phelps Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Plant Number 2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Salsbury Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Clifton Springs in 1 storm report in 1994: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 | Clifton Springs | $50,000 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gypsum | 1.5 miles | 21 | |
| Bunker Hill | 1.8 miles | 21 | |
| Knickerbocker Corner | 2.3 miles | 21 | |
| Manchester Center | 2.3 miles | 21 | |
| Phelps Junction | 2.9 miles | 21 | |
| Orleans | 3.3 miles | 21 | |
| Shortsville | 4.3 miles | 21 | |
| Phelps | 4.4 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 Clifton Springs | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3453183 | 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 970014. 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.






