Nile, New York
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1925 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Friendship town. It lies in ZIP code area 14739. The Survey maps it on the Friendship 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 Friendship 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
29 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 29 fires within 5 miles of Nile between 2001 and 2019, burning about 35 acres in total. 7 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/undetermined | 13 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 30 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 2 June 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 8 May 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 8 May 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 May 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 20 May 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 13 May 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 403 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 403 specimens collected within 10 miles of Nile between 1877 and 1974: 380 Animalia, 12 Plantae, 11 Fungi. 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 403 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 Nile: 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
5 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Nile in 5 storm reports between 2012 and 2025: 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2015 | Flash Flood | Nile | $250,000 | no account filed |
| September 2016 | Flash Flood | Nile | $35,000 | no account filed |
| January 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nile | $10,000 | Law enforcement reported trees and power lines down. |
| March 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nile | $5,000 | Multiple reports of trees downed in the Town of Wirt. |
| September 2024 | Tornado (EF1) | Nile | - | EF-1 Tornado confirmed by NWS Storm Survey. Discontinuous 6 mile path of damage, with several areas of extensive tree damage with dozens of snapped and uprooted trees. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Friendship | 2.0 miles | 15 | |
| Wirt | 3.0 miles | 15 | |
| Valley View Estates | 3.4 miles | 15 | |
| West Notch | 3.7 miles | 15 | |
| Inavale | 4.0 miles | 15 | |
| Richburg | 6.2 miles | 15 | |
| West Clarksville | 6.2 miles | 15 | |
| Belmont | 6.7 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 958586. 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.



















