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Walworth, New York

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Walworth town. It lies in ZIP code area 14568. It stands on Black Creek. The Survey maps it on the Ontario quadrangle. 917 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 164 feet above sea level.

Walworth within Wayne County

Then and now

1900 to 1984

The same ground, surveyed 84 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Walworth, surveyed 1984
Topographic sheet of Walworth, surveyed 1900

On record in Walworth

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 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 20 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

164 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 164 fires within 5 miles of Walworth between 2000 and 2020, burning about 123 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 30 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/undetermined82
Debris and open burning36
Arson/incendiarism30
Equipment and vehicle use5
Natural4
Smoking3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
4 September 2003Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
17 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
15 September 2001Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
11 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
1 September 2004Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
1 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 August 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Wayne County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Walworth: 3 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Walworth QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Highway Dept PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Highway Dept PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Wayne County

Storms near this place

21 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Walworth in 21 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 15 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 1 heavy rain. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 1993Thunderstorm WindWalworth$50,000no account filed
June 2009Thunderstorm WindWalworth$15,000no account filed
October 2017Thunderstorm WindWalworth$10,000Law enforcement reported trees and wires downed by thunderstorm winds.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindWalworth$10,000Law enforcement reported trees and wires down.
May 2012Thunderstorm WindWalworth$10,000Law enforcement reported trees and wires down.
August 2012Thunderstorm WindWalworth$10,000Law enforcement reported trees and wires down.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindWalworth$10,000A trained spotter reported numerous trees and wires down.
January 2008Thunderstorm WindWalworth$10,000no account filed
June 2007Thunderstorm WindWalworth$10,000no account filed
August 2017Thunderstorm WindWest Walworth$8,000Law enforcement reported power lines downed by thunderstorm winds.
June 2008HailWalworth$8,000no account filed
August 1995Thunderstorm WindWalworth$8,000no account filed
March 2025Thunderstorm WindWalworth$5,000Numerous trees and wires downed in the Town of Walworth.
May 2013HailWalworth$5,000no account filed
May 2009HailWalworth$5,000no account filed
April 2008HailWalworth$4,000no account filed
October 2024Thunderstorm WindWalworth$1,000Trees downed blocking road.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindWest Walworth$1,000Trees were reported down.
March 2025Thunderstorm WindWalworth-Pole downed on car on Route 441 in the Town of Walworth.
May 2019HailWalworth-The hail lasted one minute.
August 2018Heavy RainWalworth-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Wayne County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Huddle1.2 miles20
Cator Corners3.5 miles20
Marquart Village3.6 miles20
West Walworth3.9 miles20
Macedon Center4.0 miles20
Cooney Crossing4.1 miles20
North Macedon4.3 miles20
Marion4.4 miles21

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 WalworthAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q20880894The 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 968746. 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.