Sloan, New York
25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Cheektowaga town. It lies in ZIP code area 14212. It stands on Buffalo Creek. The Survey maps it on the Buffalo NE quadrangle. 3,775 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 614 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1894 to 1984The same ground, surveyed 90 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1894 against another survey:
On record in Sloan
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 2 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Engine House No. 28listed 2001 · 0.6 miles away- Sts. Peter and Paul Orthodox Church Complexlisted 2015 · 0.7 miles away
Population over time
2 figuresSloan grew from 3,661 to 3,775 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 | 3,661 | |
| 2020 | 3,775 | +114 (+3%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 25 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.
- 1894 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1901 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:62500, 12 printings
- 1948 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:62500
- 1948 USGS Buffalo NE quadrangle1:24000
- 1950 USGS Buffalo NE quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Buffalo NE quadrangle1:24000
- 1967 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
1,110 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1,110 fires within 5 miles of Sloan between 2000 and 2020, burning about 422 acres in total. 175 started naturally. 129 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 | 647 |
| Natural | 175 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 129 |
| Smoking | 85 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 24 |
| Debris and open burning | 20 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 12 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 10 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 8 September 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 8 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 September 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 6 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 6 September 2007 | Smoking | 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
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Sloan: 3 unknowns, 2 past producers, 1 producer, 1 plant. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Iron, Limestone, General, Gold. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Perlite Plant | Perlite | Plant | ||
| Federal Crushed Stone Quarry & Mill | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Williams Gold Refin./ Buffalo, N.Y. | Gold | Unknown | ||
| Eastern Limestone Operation | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Federal Crushed Stone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Hanna Furnace Corp/ Buffalo, N.Y. | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Republic Steel/ Buffalo, N.Y. | Iron | Unknown |
Storms near this place
7 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sloan in 7 storm reports between 1996 and 2023: 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2017 | Flash Flood | Sloan | $50,000 | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sloan | $30,000 | no account filed |
| May 2017 | Flood | Sloan | $15,000 | no account filed |
| August 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sloan | $10,000 | Law enforcement reported trees down by thunderstorm winds on Bright Street. |
| April 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sloan | $2,000 | Trees were downed in the City of Buffalo near the intersection of Bailey Ave. and Broadway. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sloan | $500 | A tree was downed on Doat Street near Poplar Avenue. |
| June 2020 | Flash Flood | Sloan | - | I-90 was flooded at exit 51. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Doyle | 1.1 miles | 25 | |
| Walden | 1.4 miles | 25 | |
| Pine Hill | 1.8 miles | 25 | |
| Winchester | 2.0 miles | 25 | |
| Cheektowaga | 2.2 miles | 25 | |
| Forks | 2.2 miles | 25 | |
| West Seneca | 3.0 miles | 25 | |
| Gardenville | 3.2 miles | 25 |
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 Sloan | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3458127 | 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 965429. 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.










