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.
Then and now
1905 to 1983The 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.


Population over time
2 figuresDalton 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 362 | |
| 2020 | 351 | -11 (-3%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 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.
- 1905 USGS Nunda quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
- 1943 USGS Nunda quadrangle1:24000
- 1944 USGS Nunda quadrangle1:31680
- 1950 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1965 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Nunda quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Canandaigua quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
69 since 2001Regional 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/undetermined | 28 |
| Natural | 18 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 13 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 12 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 21 August 2007 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 19 August 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 19 August 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 18 August 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 5 July 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 20 July 2011 | Natural | 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
5 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nunda Well | Salt | Past Producer | ||
| Nunda Highway Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Nunda Village Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Portage Town Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Town Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hunt Hollow | 1.6 miles | 21 | |
| Hunt | 2.2 miles | 21 | |
| Nunda | 2.7 miles | 21 | |
| Oakland | 2.7 miles | 21 | |
| Barkertown | 2.9 miles | 21 | |
| Lewis (historical) | 3.4 miles | 21 | |
| Rosses | 3.6 miles | 21 | |
| Coopersville | 4.8 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 Dalton | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5797708 | 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 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.








