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Dalton, New York

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Nunda town. It lies in ZIP code area 14836. The Survey maps it on the Nunda quadrangle. 351 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,355 feet above sea level.

Dalton within Livingston County

Then and now

1905 to 1983

The same ground, surveyed 78 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Dalton, surveyed 1983
Topographic sheet of Dalton, surveyed 1905

Population over time

2 figures

Dalton fell from 362 to 351 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.

YearPeople Change
2010362
2020351-11 (-3%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 21 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

69 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 69 fires within 5 miles of Dalton between 2001 and 2017, burning about 62 acres in total. 18 started naturally. 13 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/undetermined28
Natural18
Arson/incendiarism13
Debris and open burning6
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Equipment and vehicle use1
Smoking1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
2 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
12 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
21 August 2007Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
19 August 2017Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
19 August 2012Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
18 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 July 2012Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
20 July 2011Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Livingston County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Dalton: 3 producers, 2 past producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Salt. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Nunda WellSaltPast Producer
Nunda Highway PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Nunda Village PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Portage Town PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Town PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Livingston County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Hunt Hollow1.6 miles21
Hunt2.2 miles21
Nunda2.7 miles21
Oakland2.7 miles21
Barkertown2.9 miles21
Lewis (historical)3.4 miles21
Rosses3.6 miles21
Coopersville4.8 miles21

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 DaltonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5797708The 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 948001. 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.