Knowlesville, New York
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Ridgeway town. It lies in ZIP code area 14479. The Survey maps it on the Knowlesville quadrangle. It stands 512 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1897 to 1984The same ground, surveyed 87 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
7 surveys from 18 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.
- 1897 USGS Medina quadrangle1:62500, 7 printings
- 1950 USGS Knowlesville quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1950 USGS Medina quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1952 USGS Toronto quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Toronto quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Toronto quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Lockport quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
115 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 115 fires within 5 miles of Knowlesville between 2000 and 2020, burning about 66 acres in total. 14 started naturally. 24 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 | 56 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 24 |
| Natural | 14 |
| Smoking | 8 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 8 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 6 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 6 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 6 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 30 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 30 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 21 September 2001 | 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
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Knowlesville: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gravel Pit No 5 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit No 6 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
6 since 2019Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Knowlesville in 6 storm reports between 2019 and 2020: 3 heavy rain, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Knowlesville | $100,000 | A barn was reported to have collapsed on Knowlesville Road. |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Knowlesville | $10,000 | Multiple trees down or uprooted from an apple orchard with wires down on Howlett Rd. |
| July 2020 | Heavy Rain | Knowlesville | - | Rainfall of 2.16 inches was reported in less than three hours. |
| July 2020 | Heavy Rain | Knowlesville | - | Total rainfall of 4.21 inches reported with 3.45 inches since 2:20 PM. |
| July 2020 | Heavy Rain | Knowlesville | - | Rainfall of 5.27 inches reported. |
| July 2020 | Flash Flood | Knowlesville | - | Portage Road was closed due to flooding. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Knowlesville Station | 1.0 miles | 18 | |
| Millville | 2.5 miles | 18 | |
| Oak Orchard | 2.5 miles | 17 | |
| West Gaines | 2.7 miles | 17 | |
| Eagle Harbor Station | 3.0 miles | 18 | |
| Eagle Harbor | 3.1 miles | 17 | |
| Medina | 4.3 miles | 17 | |
| Ridgeway | 4.5 miles | 16 |
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 Knowlesville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q48740548 | 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 954790. 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.






