Riceville, New York
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1924 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Ashford town. It lies in ZIP code area 14171. It stands on Gooseneck Creek. The Survey maps it on the West Valley quadrangle.
Then and now
1924 to 1986The same ground, surveyed 62 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 13 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.
- 1924 USGS Ellicottville quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1941 USGS Ellicottville quadrangle1:62500
- 1960 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS West Valley 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
39 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 39 fires within 5 miles of Riceville between 2002 and 2019, burning about 34 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 | 30 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 August 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | THOMAS CORNERS FIRE |
| 4 July 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 21 July 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 June 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 4 May 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 3 May 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | FOLTS FIRE |
| 23 May 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Riceville in 2 storm reports between 2014 and 2017: 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fox | 2.2 miles | 15 | |
| West Valley | 2.8 miles | 13 | |
| Ashford Hollow | 4.6 miles | 15 | |
| McKinstry Hollow | 5.7 miles | 13 | |
| Bird | 6.5 miles | 12 | |
| Whiteford Hollow | 6.5 miles | 15 | |
| Machias | 6.6 miles | 14 | |
| Plato | 7.0 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 962458. 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.







