Dale, New York
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Middlebury town. It lies in ZIP code area 14039. It lies near Kennedy Gulf. The Survey maps it on the Dale quadrangle. It stands 1,201 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1904 to 1984The same ground, surveyed 80 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 19 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 Batavia quadrangle1:62500, 7 printings
- 1949 USGS Dale quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1950 USGS Batavia quadrangle1:62500
- 1951 USGS Dale quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1967 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
39 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 39 fires within 5 miles of Dale between 2002 and 2017, burning about 32 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 4 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 |
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 5 July 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 15 July 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 23 June 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 2 June 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 18 June 2017 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 6 May 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 3 May 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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
8 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Dale: 8 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Salt, Natural Gas, Bromine, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Middlebury Brinefield | Bromine | Past Producer | Brine | |
| Welch Bros Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| J.Q.Adams No.1 Well | Salt, Natural Gas | Past Producer | ||
| W.A.Hawley No.1 Well | Salt, Natural Gas | Past Producer | ||
| M.Chase No.1 Well | Salt | Past Producer | ||
| Middlebury Brinefield | Salt | Past Producer | ||
| Miller Salt Co.Salt Well | Salt | Past Producer | ||
| Salt Vale No.1 Well | Salt | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dale in 2 storm reports between 2017 and 2025: 1 hail, 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 | Dale | $10,000 | Numerous trees and powerlines downed in most of the towns in the northern half of Wyoming County. |
| June 2017 | Hail | Dale | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Millers Crossing | 0.6 miles | 19 | |
| Beehive Crossing | 2.0 miles | 19 | |
| Millers Corner | 2.6 miles | 19 | |
| Ewells Corner | 2.7 miles | 19 | |
| Thompsons Crossing | 3.0 miles | 19 | |
| Belknap Crossing | 3.2 miles | 19 | |
| West Middlebury | 3.2 miles | 19 | |
| Attica Center | 3.3 miles | 19 |
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 Dale | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q48740532 | 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 947997. 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.








