Inavale, New York
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1925 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Wirt town. It lies in ZIP code area 14739. The Survey maps it on the Belmont quadrangle.
Then and now
1925 to 1986The same ground, surveyed 61 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
8 surveys from 15 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.
- 1925 USGS Belmont quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1939 USGS Belmont quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Belmont quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1967 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Olean quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
34 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 34 fires within 5 miles of Inavale between 1999 and 2020, burning about 54 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 2 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 | 16 |
| Natural | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 25 July 2016 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 13 July 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 12 July 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 3 June 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 21 June 2016 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 9 May 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 8 May 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected near this place
12 of 285 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 285 specimens collected within 10 miles of Inavale between 1877 and 1972: 246 Animalia, 23 Plantae, 13 Fungi, 2 Unrecorded, 1 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. C. Latta, Arthur Wright, 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 | Species | Year | Collected by | Where, as recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Ustilago candollei Tul. & C.Tul. | 1877 | Ch. H. Peck | Summit |
![]() | Calypogeia trichomanis (L.) Corda | 1887 | Lucien Marcus Underwood; O. F. Cook | |
![]() | Lejeunea cavifolia (Ehrh.) Lindb. | 1887 | Lucien Marcus Underwood; O. F. Cook | |
![]() | Sphacelotheca hydropiperis (Schumach.) de Bary | 1877 | Peck Ch. H. | Summit |
![]() | Clavaria fusiformis Sowerby | 1885 | not recorded | Peat Moss, Brookton |
![]() | Nowellia curvifolia (Dicks.) Mitt. | 1889 | Lucien Marcus Underwood; O. F. Cook | |
![]() | Carex interior L.H.Bailey | 1896 | G. T. Hastings | Summit |
![]() | Glyceria striata (Lam.) Hitchc. | 1896 | G. T. Hastings | Summit. |
![]() | Chordeiles minor (J.R.Forster, 1771) | 1898 | Harry Wilber | Scio |
![]() | Dendroica petechia aestiva (J.F.Gmelin, 1789) | 1898 | C.F. Stone | Friendship |
![]() | Dolichonyx oryzivorus (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1898 | Harry Wilber | Scio |
![]() | Megaceryle alcyon (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1898 | C. H. Munson | Scio |
All 285 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Inavale: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| L.Newton No.1 Well | Salt | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2022Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Inavale in 1 storm report in 2022: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Inavale | $500 | A tree was downed along County Road 8. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wirt | 3.3 miles | 15 | |
| West Notch | 3.7 miles | 15 | |
| Knight Creek | 3.9 miles | 15 | |
| Nile | 4.0 miles | 15 | |
| Allentown | 4.1 miles | 14 | |
| Norton Summit | 4.6 miles | 14 | |
| Vosburg | 4.8 miles | 14 | |
| Sawyer | 4.9 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 972646. 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.



















