BlockSugartown, New York
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Great Valley town. It lies in ZIP code area 14741. It stands on Haines Creek. The Survey maps it on the Humphrey quadrangle.
Then and now
1900 to 1986The same ground, surveyed 86 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
9 surveys from 20 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.
- 1900 USGS Salamanca quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
- 1938 USGS Salamanca quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Salamanca quadrangle1:62500
- 1960 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Humphrey quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1962 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1967 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Olean quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
28 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 28 fires within 5 miles of Sugartown between 2003 and 2017, burning about 38 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 12 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 August 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 5 May 2006 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 4 May 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 10 May 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.7 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 10 May 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.7 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 10 May 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.7 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 1 May 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 8 April 2008 | Debris and open burning | 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
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Sugartown: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Salt, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aultman-Hale No.1 Well | Salt | Past Producer | ||
| Great Valley Town Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sugartown in 2 storm reports between 2010 and 2025: 1 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 2010 | Hail | Sugartown | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 2025 | Tornado (EF1) | Sugartown | - | The National Weather Service in Buffalo investigated storm-related damage from a rotating thunderstorm that affected the area around Great Valley in Cattaraugus County on June 9. During the event, radar signatures indicated debris from the storm had|lofted into the atmosphere. This allowed for radar confirmation of a tornado. The National Weather Service storm survey team investigated the damage in the area today and confirmed damage consistent with an EF-1 tornado with estimated peak winds of|110 mph. ||Damage from the tornado generally followed Sugartown Road and Forks Creek. The initial touchdown and first damage occurred in the area between U.S. Highway 219 and Farm Market Road and continued northeast for approximately 2.4 miles. Initial damage from the storm included some hardwood trees north of Highway 98 and some facade damage to homes immediately south of Highway 98. Additional damage near initial touchdown included the loss of the roof of a garage. As the tornado continued northeast, damage quickly became more significant. Several homes, garages, and structures near the intersection of Sugartown Road with Farm Market Road, Haines Hollow Road, and Bonnie Way either had the full loss of the structure, loss of significant|roofing material, or the loss of some of the walls in the upper portion of the structure. The more modern construction fared substantially better than the majority of the structures in this area. Additionally, trees on the entire hillside north of the intersection were entirely sheared off mid-trunk for hundreds up yards uphill from the structures.||The tornadic damage continued northeast with a clearly-defined path of damage across McGuan Road of sheared tree trunks and sporadic structural damage to a few structures along the way. Tree damage became less severe after this point with intermittent tree damage continuing along the path until the tornado dissipated near Forks Creek in the Town of Humphrey. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Willoughby | 2.6 miles | 20 | |
| Great Valley | 2.7 miles | 19 | |
| Humphrey Center | 3.6 miles | 20 | |
| Humphrey | 3.7 miles | 20 | |
| Peth | 4.6 miles | 19 | |
| Ellicottville | 4.9 miles | 13 | |
| Ashford | 5.7 miles | 12 | |
| Little Rock City | 6.4 miles | 19 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 966739. 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.