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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.

Inavale within Allegany County

Then and now

1925 to 1986

The 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 sheet of Inavale, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Inavale, surveyed 1925

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 15 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

34 since 1999

Regional 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/undetermined16
Natural9
Equipment and vehicle use4
Debris and open burning3
Arson/incendiarism2

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
30 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
25 July 2016Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
13 July 2012Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
12 July 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 June 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
21 June 2016Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
9 May 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 May 2005Naturalunder an acreFire 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 285 shown

Regional 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 SpeciesYear Collected by Where, as recorded
Specimen of Ustilago candollei Tul. & C.Tul.Ustilago candollei Tul. & C.Tul.1877Ch. H. PeckSummit
Specimen of Calypogeia trichomanis (L.) CordaCalypogeia trichomanis (L.) Corda1887Lucien Marcus Underwood; O. F. Cook
Specimen of Lejeunea cavifolia (Ehrh.) Lindb.Lejeunea cavifolia (Ehrh.) Lindb.1887Lucien Marcus Underwood; O. F. Cook
A photograph of the species Sphacelotheca hydropiperis, not of this specimenSphacelotheca hydropiperis (Schumach.) de Bary1877Peck Ch. H.Summit
A photograph of the species Clavaria fusiformis, not of this specimenClavaria fusiformis Sowerby1885not recordedPeat Moss, Brookton
Specimen of Nowellia curvifolia (Dicks.) Mitt.Nowellia curvifolia (Dicks.) Mitt.1889Lucien Marcus Underwood; O. F. Cook
A photograph of the species Carex interior, not of this specimenCarex interior L.H.Bailey1896G. T. HastingsSummit
A photograph of the species Glyceria striata, not of this specimenGlyceria striata (Lam.) Hitchc.1896G. T. HastingsSummit.
A photograph of the species Chordeiles minor, not of this specimenChordeiles minor (J.R.Forster, 1771)1898Harry WilberScio
A photograph of the species Dendroica petechia, not of this specimenDendroica petechia aestiva (J.F.Gmelin, 1789)1898C.F. StoneFriendship
A photograph of the species Dolichonyx oryzivorus, not of this specimenDolichonyx oryzivorus (Linnaeus, 1758)1898Harry WilberScio
A photograph of the species Megaceryle alcyon, not of this specimenMegaceryle alcyon (Linnaeus, 1758)1898C. H. MunsonScio

All 285 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
L.Newton No.1 WellSaltPast Producer

Every working recorded in Allegany County

Storms near this place

1 since 2022

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2022Thunderstorm WindInavale$500A tree was downed along County Road 8.

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
Wirt3.3 miles15
West Notch3.7 miles15
Knight Creek3.9 miles15
Nile4.0 miles15
Allentown4.1 miles14
Norton Summit4.6 miles14
Vosburg4.8 miles14
Sawyer4.9 miles14

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.