Delevan, New York
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1924 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Yorkshire town. It lies in ZIP code area 14042. It stands on Lime Lake Outlet. The Survey maps it on the Delevan quadrangle. 1,043 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,424 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1924 to 1986The same ground, surveyed 62 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 figuresDelevan fell from 1,089 to 1,043 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 | 1,089 | |
| 2020 | 1,043 | -46 (-4%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 14 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.
- 1924 USGS Franklinville quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1942 USGS Franklinville quadrangle1:62500
- 1960 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Delevan quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1967 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Olean quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
89 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 89 fires within 5 miles of Delevan between 2002 and 2020, burning about 95 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 15 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 | 52 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 15 |
| Debris and open burning | 11 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 16 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 15 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 24 August 2016 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 24 August 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 22 August 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 15 July 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 15 July 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 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
8 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Delevan: 5 producers, 3 past producers. 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fred Howe Well | Salt | Past Producer | ||
| K.R.Wilson No.1 Well | Salt | Past Producer | ||
| Machias Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Rules Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Sardinia Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Spencer and Haley Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Spencer and Haley Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Town Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
17 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Delevan in 17 storm reports between 1993 and 2026: 16 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Delevan | $50,000 | no account filed |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Delevan | $35,000 | Law enforcement reported trees down by thunderstorm winds damaging two trailers. |
| August 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Delevan | $15,000 | Thunderstorm winds blew siding off a house. |
| August 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Delevan | $15,000 | Law enforcement reported trees and wires down in Delevan. |
| August 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Delevan | $15,000 | Trees and wires were downed by thunderstorm winds. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Delevan | $15,000 | no account filed |
| April 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Delevan | $10,000 | Several reports of trees and wires downed in Delevan. |
| October 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Delevan | $10,000 | Law enforcement reported trees and wires downed by thunderstorm winds. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Delevan | $8,000 | Law enforcement reported trees and power lines down. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Delevan | $5,000 | Numerous trees reported down. |
| April 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Delevan | $2,000 | Trees and wires were downed. |
| May 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Delevan | $2,000 | Trees down on the intersection of McKinstry Road and Block Road. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Delevan | $2,000 | Trees were down onto power lines. |
| April 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Delevan | $1,000 | Trees were reported down. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Delevan | $500 | A tree was downed across Delevan Road. |
| September 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Delevan | - | no account filed |
| May 2017 | Hail | Delevan | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| McKinstry Hollow | 2.5 miles | 13 | |
| Yorkshire | 2.8 miles | 15 | |
| Lime Lake | 3.8 miles | 14 | |
| Elton | 3.8 miles | 14 | |
| Machias | 4.9 miles | 14 | |
| Sandusky | 5.1 miles | 14 | |
| Machias Junction | 5.6 miles | 14 | |
| Laidlaw | 7.4 miles | 14 |
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 Delevan | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3453185 | 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 948273. 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.







