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Lowville, New York

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Lowville town. It lies in ZIP code area 13367. The Survey maps it on the Lowville quadrangle. 3,272 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 883 feet above sea level.

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Lowville within Lewis County

Then and now

1911 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 74 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Lowville, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Lowville, surveyed 1911

On record in Lowville

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 9 records

Population over time

2 figures

Lowville fell from 3,470 to 3,272 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.

YearPeople Change
20103,470
20203,272-198 (-6%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 18 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

57 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 57 fires within 5 miles of Lowville between 1999 and 2020, burning about 37 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 3 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/undetermined25
Natural12
Debris and open burning9
Smoking4
Arson/incendiarism3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Recreation and ceremony1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
2 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 August 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 August 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 August 1999Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
17 August 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
14 August 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
10 August 2007Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
10 August 2004Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lewis County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Lowville: 4 producers, 1 occurrence, 1 past producer. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Fluorine-Fluorite, Lead, Sulfur, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Martinsburg DepositFluorine-Fluorite, Lead, SulfurOccurrence
Town of Lowville QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Gyore Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Gyore Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Harper Ferry PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Hoch Brothers Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Lewis County

Storms near this place

50 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lowville in 50 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 27 thunderstorm wind, 15 flash flood, 4 hail, 2 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
July 2014Tornado (EF1)West Lowville$250,000A NWS survey team confirmed an EF1 tornado.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindLowville$40,000no account filed
July 1995Thunderstorm WindLowville$20,000no account filed
November 2006Thunderstorm WindLowville$15,000no account filed
August 2003Thunderstorm WindLowville$15,000no account filed
May 2000Flash FloodLowville$15,000no account filed
January 1998Flash FloodLowville$15,000no account filed
September 2001Flash FloodLowville$13,000no account filed
June 2001Flash FloodLowville$12,000no account filed
June 2021Thunderstorm WindLowville$10,000Widespread reports received of trees and wires down.
May 2020Thunderstorm WindLowville$10,000Multiple reports of trees down in Lowville were received, including on West State St, Eugene St, Bostwick St, and Stewart St.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindLowville$10,000Law enforcement reported trees down.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindLowville$10,000no account filed
May 2011Thunderstorm WindLowville$10,000no account filed
September 2005Thunderstorm WindLowville$10,000no account filed
June 2001Flash FloodLowville$10,000no account filed
June 2000Thunderstorm WindLowville$10,000no account filed
July 1999Thunderstorm WindLowville$10,000no account filed
October 2017Thunderstorm WindLowville$8,000Law enforcement reported trees and wires downed by thunderstorm winds.
September 2010FloodLowville$8,000no account filed
April 2004HailLowville$8,000no account filed
June 2011Thunderstorm WindLowville$7,000no account filed
July 1994Thunderstorm WindLowville$5,000Thunderstorms crossed the region during the early morning hours. The thunderstorms produced damaging winds that downed trees and power lines.
June 2014HailLowville$5,000no account filed
July 1994Thunderstorm WindLowville$5,000no account filed
March 2025Thunderstorm WindLowville$2,000Trees and wires downed in the Town of Lowville.
April 2023Thunderstorm WindLowville$2,000Trees and wires were downed.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindLowville$2,000Trees and wires were downed on Park Ave.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindWest Lowville$2,000Trees and wires were downed on State Route 177.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindWest Lowville$2,000Trees and wires were downed near the intersection of West Road and Gardner Road.
October 2022Thunderstorm WindLowville$2,000Trees and wires were reported down in Lowville.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindLowville$2,000Trees and wires were downed.
November 2020Thunderstorm WindLowville$2,000Trees and wires were reported downed.
January 1998Flash FloodLowville$1,000no account filed
January 1998Flash FloodLowville$1,000no account filed
July 2024Thunderstorm WindLowville$500Tree downed in Lowville.
July 2024Flash FloodLowville-Water flowing over several streets in Lowville. Rainfall of 2.32 inches from 1:00 pm to 3:24 pm EDT.
July 2024Flash FloodLowville-Deep water flowing over Markowski Road. Traffic unable to drive through.
July 2024Flash FloodLowville-North State Street was closed due to flooding.
July 2024Flash FloodLowville-Several roads in the Town of Lowville flooded, including East State Street, Hemlock Drive, and North State Street.
July 2024Flash FloodLowville-Hemlock Drive and Ross Road were closed due to deep water flowing over the road.
July 2024Flash FloodLowville-Several inches of water inside Lowville Academy. Athletic fields under water.
July 2024Flash FloodLowville-Collins Street flooded, deep water flowing through neighborhood.
July 2024Flash FloodLowville-Turin Road flooded. Several cars stranded in high water.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindLowville-Cable line downed on Sharp Street.
July 2024Heavy RainLowville-Rainfall since 12:00 PM EST (17:00 UTC): 4.94 inches.
August 2024FloodLowville-Minor flooding on some roads in Lowville.
July 2023HailLowville-Penny sized hail was observed.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindLowville-no account filed
August 2017HailLowville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Lewis 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
Dadville1.7 miles18
West Martinsburg2.3 miles19
West Lowville3.0 miles19
Watson3.1 miles18
Martinsburg3.6 miles21
Bushes Landing4.4 miles18
New Bremen4.5 miles18
East Martinsburg4.5 miles21

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 LowvilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3111093The 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 956123. 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.