Oramel, New York
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Caneadea town. It lies in ZIP code area 14711. It stands on Crawford Creek. The Survey maps it on the Black Creek quadrangle.
Then and now
1906 to 1986The same ground, surveyed 80 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 17 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.
- 1906 USGS Angelica quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
- 1941 USGS Angelica quadrangle1:62500
- 1960 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Black Creek quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1967 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Olean quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
53 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 53 fires within 5 miles of Oramel between 1993 and 2019, burning about 79 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 6 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 | 34 |
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Natural | 4 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 August 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 May 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 6 May 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 6 May 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 6 May 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 6 May 2001 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 5 May 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 29 May 2012 | 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 241 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 241 specimens collected within 10 miles of Oramel between 1860 and 1974: 157 Animalia, 65 Plantae, 14 Fungi, 3 Chromista, 2 Protozoa. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Andrew R. Moldenke, Arnold, C. P., Arnold, Charles P. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Calypogeia trichomanis (L.) Corda | 1887 | Lucien Marcus Underwood; O. F. Cook | |
![]() | Lejeunea cavifolia (Ehrh.) Lindb. | 1887 | Lucien Marcus Underwood; O. F. Cook | |
![]() | Coleosporium Lév., 1847 | 1936 | T.B. Rundle | |
![]() | Leucichthys Dybowski, 1874 | 1860 | C. Heacox | Caneadea Dam or Rushford Lake |
![]() | Acronicta albarufa Grote, 1874 | 1877 | Lintner | Center |
![]() | Acronicta tritona Hübner, 1818 | 1877 | Lintner | Center |
![]() | Epiglaea decliva Grote, 1874 | 1877 | not recorded | Center |
![]() | Lithophane amanda Smith, 1900 | 1877 | Lintner | Center |
![]() | Lithophane querquera Grote, 1874 | 1877 | Hill, W.W. | Center |
![]() | Lithophane semiusta Grote, 1874 | 1877 | Lintner | Center |
![]() | Lithophane tepida Grote, 1874 | 1877 | Hill, W.W. | Center |
![]() | Molothrus ater ater (Boddaert, 1783) | 1885 | Charles C. Cook | Centerville |
All 241 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Storms near this place
2 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Oramel in 2 storm reports between 2012 and 2022: 2 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oramel | $8,000 | The public reported numerous trees and wires down. |
| September 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oramel | $3,000 | Trees were reported downed onto power lines. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caneadea | 1.7 miles | 17 | |
| Belfast | 2.1 miles | 17 | |
| Balcom Beach | 3.8 miles | 17 | |
| Hillcrest | 3.8 miles | 17 | |
| Houghton | 4.1 miles | 17 | |
| Rockville | 4.4 miles | 17 | |
| Marshall | 4.5 miles | 17 | |
| McGrawville | 5.0 miles | 17 |
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 Oramel | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q122567938 | 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 959426. 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.
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.



















