Savona, New York
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Bath town. It lies in ZIP code area 14879. It lies near Brown Hill. The Survey maps it on the Savona quadrangle. 672 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,053 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1903 to 1986The 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
3 figuresSavona fell from 822 to 672 between 2000 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 822 | |
| 2010 | 827 | +5 (+1%) |
| 2020 | 672 | -155 (-19%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 23 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.
- 1903 USGS Hammondsport quadrangle1:62500, 8 printings
- 1950 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Savona quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1965 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Hornell quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
68 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 68 fires within 5 miles of Savona between 2001 and 2020, burning about 54 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 5 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 | 39 |
| Debris and open burning | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 8 August 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 26 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 26 August 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 25 August 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 14 August 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 29 July 2005 | 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
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Savona: 4 producers, 1 past producer. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blair No.1 Well | Salt | Past Producer | ||
| Cornell Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| East Campbell Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Savona Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Walrath Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
15 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Savona in 15 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 7 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 3 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 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Savona | $25,000 | Strong thunderstorm winds snapped multiple hardwood and pine trees. A roof was blown off a trailer and sent into the neighbor's yard. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Savona | $20,000 | Strong thunderstorm winds ripped a roof off of a house on East Lamoka Avenue. |
| June 2025 | Flash Flood | Savona | $10,000 | Westbound lanes of I-86 near exit were severely flooded and a vehicle was submerged in water. The occupant was reported to be standing on roof of their car. |
| October 2021 | Flash Flood | Savona | $5,000 | A water and debris landslide was reported across Wolf Run Road. |
| June 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Savona | $5,000 | no account filed |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Savona | $3,000 | Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down trees and wires near the intersection of Eagle Valley Road and Dusenbery Road. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Savona | $2,500 | Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down trees. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Savona | $2,000 | A severe thunderstorm produced severe winds as it moved across the area. The thunderstorm resulted in a tree being knocked over in the area. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Savona | $1,000 | A tree was blown down at Robie and Velie Roads. |
| January 1999 | Flash Flood | Savona | - | The combination of locally heavy rainfall and ice jamming along a portion of the Cohocton River caused minor flooding from late in the evening on the 23rd into the early morning hours of the 24th. Water covered Savona-Campbell Road for a time, but no homes were threatened. Waters began to recede back within their banks well after midnight and Savona-Campbell Road was reopened. |
| June 2009 | Hail | Savona | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Savona | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Savona | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Savona | - | no account filed |
| August 2008 | Hail | Savona | - | no account filed |
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 Thurston | 3.6 miles | 18 | |
| Campbell | 4.0 miles | 23 | |
| Sonora | 4.2 miles | 23 | |
| South Bradford | 5.1 miles | 23 | |
| Thurston | 5.2 miles | 19 | |
| Lake Country Estates | 5.4 miles | 18 | |
| East Union | 5.7 miles | 18 | |
| Curtis | 6.2 miles | 23 |
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 Savona | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2737044 | 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 964516. 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.






