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Hume, New York

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Hume town. It lies in ZIP code area 14735. It stands on Sixtown Creek. The Survey maps it on the Houghton quadrangle.

Hume within Allegany County

Then and now

1906 to 1986

The 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 sheet of Hume, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Hume, surveyed 1906

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 17 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

59 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 59 fires within 5 miles of Hume between 2002 and 2019, burning about 98 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 11 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/undetermined39
Arson/incendiarism11
Debris and open burning6
Natural3

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
3 September 2002Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 July 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 May 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 May 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.5 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
27 May 2005Debris and open burning2.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
27 May 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
2 May 2006Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Allegany County

Specimens collected near this place

12 of 170 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 170 specimens collected within 10 miles of Hume between 1860 and 1974: 105 Animalia, 56 Plantae, 7 Fungi, 2 Protozoa. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Andrew R. Moldenke, Ball & King, Ball, G. E. and others. Each is a physical object with a catalogue number, and each entry opens the museum's record. This is what was collected and kept, not a survey of what lives here - nothing can be concluded from a species being absent.

Image SpeciesYear Collected by Where, as recorded
Specimen of Coleosporium Lév., 1847Coleosporium Lév., 18471936T.B. Rundle
Specimen of Septoria convolvuli Desm.Septoria convolvuli Desm.1939M. F. BarrusSmith Bros. Farm
Specimen of Wynnea americana Thaxt.Wynnea americana Thaxt.1967G. M. SmithNear Letchworth
A photograph of the species Leucichthys Dybowski, not of this specimenLeucichthys Dybowski, 18741860C. HeacoxCaneadea Dam or Rushford Lake
A photograph of the species Acronicta albarufa, not of this specimenAcronicta albarufa Grote, 18741877LintnerCenter
A photograph of the species Acronicta tritona, not of this specimenAcronicta tritona Hübner, 18181877LintnerCenter
A photograph of the species Epiglaea decliva, not of this specimenEpiglaea decliva Grote, 18741877not recordedCenter
A photograph of the species Lithophane amanda, not of this specimenLithophane amanda Smith, 19001877LintnerCenter
A photograph of the species Lithophane querquera, not of this specimenLithophane querquera Grote, 18741877Hill, W.W.Center
A photograph of the species Lithophane semiusta, not of this specimenLithophane semiusta Grote, 18741877LintnerCenter
A photograph of the species Lithophane tepida, not of this specimenLithophane tepida Grote, 18741877Hill, W.W.Center
A photograph of the species Molothrus ater, not of this specimenMolothrus ater ater (Boddaert, 1783)1885Charles C. CookCenterville

All 170 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Hume: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Salt, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Hume PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Matt Connor No.1 WellSaltPast Producer
Unnamed Salt WellSaltPast Producer

Every working recorded in Allegany County

Storms near this place

12 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hume in 12 storm reports between 1998 and 2026: 10 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2000Flash FloodHume$750,000no account filed
July 2017Thunderstorm WindHume$15,000Law enforcement reported trees and wires down by thunderstorm winds on Mills Road.
September 1998Thunderstorm WindHume$15,000no account filed
October 2017Thunderstorm WindHume$12,000Law enforcement reported trees and wires downed by thunderstorm winds.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindHume$12,000Law enforcement reported numerous trees down.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindHume$10,000Law enforcement reported trees and wires downed by thunderstorm winds.
January 2012Thunderstorm WindHume$10,000Law enforcement reported trees and power lines down.
April 2023Thunderstorm WindHume$2,000Trees and wires were downed in Hume.
May 2019Thunderstorm WindHume$2,000Trees were reported down in the Town of Hume.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindHume$1,000Trees were reported down.
December 2023Thunderstorm WindHume$500A tree was downed in Hume.
March 2026Flash FloodHume-Flooded roadways with numerous roads closed around Hume.

Every storm recorded in Allegany 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
Fillmore1.2 miles16
Mills Mills2.1 miles18
Houghton3.6 miles17
Wiscoy3.6 miles18
Higgins3.6 miles17
Rossburg3.9 miles16
Centerville6.0 miles17
Caneadea6.0 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 953432. 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.

Specimens. Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), https://www.gbif.org/. Only records licensed CC0 or CC BY are used. Records licensed CC BY-NC are excluded because this site carries advertising. Images are checked individually and any whose licence is non-commercial, no-derivatives or unreadable is refused.

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.