Westons Mills, New York
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Portville town. It lies in ZIP code area 14788. It stands on Haskell Creek. The Survey maps it on the Olean quadrangle. 1,525 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,463 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1898 to 1986The same ground, surveyed 88 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Population over time
2 figuresWestons Mills grew from 1,472 to 1,525 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 | 1,472 | |
| 2020 | 1,525 | +53 (+4%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 19 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.
- 1898 USGS Olean quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1938 USGS Olean quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1943 USGS Olean quadrangle1:62500
- 1960 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Olean quadrangle1:24000, 3 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
175 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 175 fires within 5 miles of Westons Mills between 1992 and 2020, burning about 115 acres in total. 18 started naturally. 20 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 | 77 |
| Debris and open burning | 32 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 20 |
| Natural | 18 |
| Smoking | 16 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
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 2008 | Smoking | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 5 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 14 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 14 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 12 September 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 12 September 2008 | Smoking | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 8 August 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 4 August 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Westons Mills: 2 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allegany Aggregates Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Allegany Aggregates Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Millgrove Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Portville Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
6 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Westons Mills in 6 storm reports between 2010 and 2024: 5 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2012 | Hail | Westons Mills | $15,000 | no account filed |
| September 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Westons Mills | $10,000 | Law enforcement reported trees downed by thunderstorm winds. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Westons Mills | $10,000 | no account filed |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Westons Mills | $2,000 | Trees downed on a powerline on Haskell Road. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Westons Mills | $2,000 | Trees downed across Olean-Portville Road. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Westons Mills | $2,000 | Trees down. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weston Mills | 1.0 miles | 19 | |
| Portville | 2.5 miles | 19 | |
| East Olean | 2.6 miles | 19 | |
| Seneca Heights | 2.7 miles | 19 | |
| Olean | 3.0 miles | 19 | |
| Lake View Terrace | 3.0 miles | 19 | |
| Toll Gate Corner | 3.2 miles | 19 | |
| Boardmanville | 3.3 miles | 19 |
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 Westons Mills | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3460142 | 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 970939. 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.








