Towlesville, New York
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1910 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Howard town. It lies in ZIP code area 14810. It lies near Bullard Hill. The Survey maps it on the Towlesville quadrangle.
Then and now
1910 to 1986The same ground, surveyed 76 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
7 surveys from 17 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.
- 1910 USGS Bath quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1950 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Towlesville quadrangle1:24000, 2 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
31 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 31 fires within 5 miles of Towlesville between 1997 and 2017, burning about 59 acres in total. 2 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 | 11 |
| Debris and open burning | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 August 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 27 August 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 6 July 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 4 July 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 11 July 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 19 June 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 17 June 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 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 Towlesville: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| B.Schultz No.1 Well | Salt | Past Producer | ||
| Schoonover Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Howard | 3.5 miles | 21 | |
| Buena Vista | 3.6 miles | 21 | |
| Knight Settlement | 4.1 miles | 17 | |
| Buck Settlement | 4.2 miles | 17 | |
| Kanona | 5.5 miles | 18 | |
| Avoca | 5.5 miles | 19 | |
| Unionville | 5.7 miles | 18 | |
| Browns Crossing | 5.8 miles | 20 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122594609 | 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 967699. 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.






