Craigs, New York
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1983. It stands in York town. It lies in ZIP code area 14533. The Survey maps it on the Leicester quadrangle.
Then and now
1904 to 1983The 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.


On record in Craigs
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 within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Linwoodlisted 1997 · 0.8 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 23 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.
- 1904 USGS Caledonia quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
- 1944 USGS Leicester quadrangle1:31680
- 1950 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1951 USGS Caledonia quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1951 USGS Leicester 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
55 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 55 fires within 5 miles of Craigs between 2002 and 2020, burning about 32 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 12 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 | 26 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 12 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 28 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 6 July 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 4 July 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 4 July 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 30 July 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 28 July 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 23 July 2016 | Natural | 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 Craigs: 9 past producers, 2 producers, 1 unknown, 1 plant. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Salt, Natural Gas, Halite, Potassium, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Old Retsof Shaft | Halite, Potassium, Gypsum-Anhydrite | Producer | 1884 | |
| C.Johnson No.1 Well | Salt, Natural Gas | Unknown | ||
| E.Whitney No.1 Well | Salt, Natural Gas | Past Producer | ||
| F.Fagan No.1 Well | Salt, Natural Gas | Past Producer | ||
| J.B.Murphy No.1 Well | Salt, Natural Gas | Past Producer | ||
| Fuller Shaft | Salt | Producer | ||
| J.Broughton No.1 Well | Salt | Past Producer | ||
| J.J.Gilmore No.1 Well | Salt | Past Producer | ||
| J.Martin No.1 Well | Salt | Past Producer | ||
| Livingston Salt Co.Well No.1 | Salt | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2025Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Craigs in 1 storm report in 2025: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Craigs | $10,000 | Trees, powerlines, and power poles downed in the Town of York. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| York | 2.1 miles | 23 | |
| Greigsville | 2.5 miles | 23 | |
| York Center (historical) | 2.7 miles | 24 | |
| Linwood | 2.8 miles | 24 | |
| Retsof | 2.9 miles | 23 | |
| Wadsworth | 3.1 miles | 23 | |
| Tryons Corners | 3.2 miles | 23 | |
| Inverness | 3.5 miles | 23 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 972350. 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.








