Red Creek, New York
24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Wolcott town. It lies in ZIP code area 13143. The Survey maps it on the Victory quadrangle. 495 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 341 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1902 to 1985The same ground, surveyed 83 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Population over time
2 figuresRed Creek fell from 532 to 495 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 | 532 | |
| 2020 | 495 | -37 (-7%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 24 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.
- 1902 USGS Weedsport quadrangle1:62500, 10 printings
- 1943 USGS Red Creek quadrangle1:31680
- 1954 USGS Victory quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS Weedsport quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1965 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Syracuse quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
95 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 95 fires within 5 miles of Red Creek between 1999 and 2020, burning about 67 acres in total. 2 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 | 60 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 12 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Natural | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 21 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 16 September 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 12 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 1 September 1999 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 27 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 26 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 25 August 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:
Mines and quarries near this place
9 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Red Creek: 6 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fair Haven Iron Company Property | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Furnaceville Iron Co. | Iron | Past Producer | 1887 | |
| North of Wolcott | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Swartout Opening | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| B. R. De Witt, Inc. | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Highway Dept Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Highway Dept Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Town of Victory Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Town of Victory Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
11 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Red Creek in 11 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 7 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 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 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Red Creek | $50,000 | no account filed |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Red Creek | $20,000 | Law enforcement reported wires downed by thunderstorm winds. |
| September 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Red Creek | $10,000 | Law enforcement reported trees and wires down. |
| September 2013 | Hail | Red Creek | $10,000 | no account filed |
| September 2013 | Hail | Red Creek | $10,000 | no account filed |
| May 2013 | Hail | Red Creek | $8,000 | no account filed |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Red Creek | $5,000 | Trees and wires downed around the town of Red Creek. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Red Creek | $2,000 | Trees and wires downed in Red Creek. |
| November 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Red Creek | $2,000 | Trees and powerlines were reported downed. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Red Creek | $500 | A tree was downed over the road. |
| July 2024 | Tornado (EFU) | Red Creek | - | Witness reports corroborated a vehicle lifting from the road and vehicular traffic|being affected by a very brief tornado touchdown in the Town of|Wolcott. Because of no tree damage nor property damage, this was|rated as an EF-Unknown. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Wolcott | 4.0 miles | 20 | |
| Wolcott | 5.2 miles | 22 | |
| Furnace Village | 5.2 miles | 22 | |
| Hickory Square | 5.7 miles | 22 | |
| Butler Center | 6.0 miles | 22 | |
| West Butler | 6.5 miles | 22 | |
| Desbrough Park | 6.9 miles | 20 | |
| Rice Mill | 7.2 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 Red Creek | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3452662 | 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 962279. 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.







