Newfane, New York
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Newfane town. It lies in ZIP code area 14108. The Survey maps it on the Newfane quadrangle. 3,662 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 344 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.


On record in Newfane
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 2 records
First Baptist Churchlisted 2004
Van Horn Mansionlisted 1991
Population over time
2 figuresNewfane fell from 3,822 to 3,662 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 3,822 | |
| 2020 | 3,662 | -160 (-4%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 22 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 Olcott quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
- 1899 USGS Niagara quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1948 USGS Olcott quadrangle1:62500
- 1950 USGS Newfane quadrangle1:24000
- 1952 USGS Toronto quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Toronto quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Newfane quadrangle1:24000
- 1965 USGS Toronto quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Newfane quadrangle1:25000
- 1984 USGS Lockport quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
100 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 100 fires within 5 miles of Newfane between 2000 and 2020, burning about 71 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 15 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 | 61 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 15 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 September 2002 | Other causes | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 5 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 20 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 17 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 16 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 15 September 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 6 August 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
18 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Newfane in 18 storm reports between 1994 and 2023: 16 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newfane | $15,000 | Officials reported trees and wires downed by thunderstorm winds. |
| November 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newfane | $15,000 | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Newfane | $15,000 | no account filed |
| December 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newfane | $15,000 | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newfane | $11,000 | no account filed |
| September 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newfane | $10,000 | The fire service reported trees down on Drake Settlement Road. |
| September 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newfane | $10,000 | The fire service reported trees down on Coomer and Jacques Roads. |
| August 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newfane | $10,000 | Trees and wires were downed by thunderstorm winds. |
| September 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newfane | $10,000 | Law enforecment reported trees down on Ewings Road. |
| October 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newfane | $10,000 | no account filed |
| August 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newfane | $10,000 | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newfane | $10,000 | no account filed |
| August 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newfane | $8,000 | Law enforcement and spotters reported trees and wires down. |
| August 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newfane | $8,000 | Trees and wires were downed by thunderstorm winds. |
| July 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newfane | $5,000 | no account filed |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newfane | $500 | A tree was downed. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newfane | $500 | A tree was reported down. |
| July 2023 | Flash Flood | Newfane | - | Multiple road closures were reported in Newfane 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burt | 2.1 miles | 22 | |
| Coomer | 2.1 miles | 22 | |
| Corwin | 2.5 miles | 22 | |
| North Wilson | 3.1 miles | 23 | |
| Olcott | 3.5 miles | 22 | |
| Hess Road | 3.7 miles | 22 | |
| East Wilson | 4.1 miles | 27 | |
| Ridgewood | 4.2 miles | 22 |
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 Newfane | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3461326 | 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 958509. 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.
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.









