Whitesville, New York
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1926 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Independence town. It lies in ZIP code area 14897. It stands on Marsh Creek. The Survey maps it on the Whitesville quadrangle.
Then and now
1926 to 1986The same ground, surveyed 60 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 18 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.
- 1926 USGS Wellsville quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1950 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1965 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Whitesville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Hornell quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
25 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 25 fires within 5 miles of Whitesville between 1995 and 2020, burning about 40 acres in total. 3 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 | 12 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 August 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | 6.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 8 May 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 2 May 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 10 May 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 6 April 2008 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 30 April 2015 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 29 April 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.3 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 21 April 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected near this place
12 of 195 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 195 specimens collected within 10 miles of Whitesville between 1870 and 1973: 184 Animalia, 5 Plantae, 5 Fungi, 1 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. Hazzard, A. L. Moldenke, A. P. Garber and others. Each is a physical object with a catalogue number, and each entry opens the museum's record. This is what was collected and kept, not a survey of what lives here - nothing can be concluded from a species being absent.
| Image | Species | Year | Collected by | Where, as recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Phragmidium subcorticium (Schrank) G.Winter | 1925 | Elrene Crandall | |
![]() | Diplolepis rosae (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1967 | W.T. Johnson | east of Andover |
![]() | unnamed | 1969 | W.A. Sinclair | |
![]() | Salix bebbiana Sarg. | 1870 | A. P. Garber | Andover |
| Gloeosporium Desm. & Mont., 1849 | 1883 | A.B. Seymour | Granville. | |
![]() | Amanita Pers. | 1887 | Cook, O. F. | Marsh Creek |
![]() | Spiraea alba Du Roi | 1889 | De Alton Saunders | Andover |
![]() | Polygonum cilinode Michx. | 1890 | DeAlton Saunders | Independence |
| Taphrina sacchari Jenkins | 1922 | Nye Bernice | Andover | |
![]() | Ambloplites rupestris (Rafinesque, 1817) | 1926 | John Greely | Dyke Cr. |
![]() | Campostoma anomalum (Rafinesque, 1820) | 1926 | John Greely | Ford Cr. [Brook] |
![]() | Catostomus commersonii (Lacepède, 1803) | 1926 | John Greely | Marsh Cr. |
All 195 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Storms near this place
5 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Whitesville in 5 storm reports between 2012 and 2024: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 flash 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 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Whitesville | $10,000 | Law enforcement reported numerous trees and wires down. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Whitesville | $10,000 | Law enforcement reported numerous trees and wires down. |
| August 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Whitesville | $2,000 | Trees and wires were downed. |
| August 2024 | Flash Flood | Whitesville | - | Water rescues were being conducted in Whitesville per Emergency Manager and 911 dispatch. |
| May 2017 | Hail | Whitesville | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spring Mills | 2.1 miles | 18 | |
| Independence | 3.6 miles | 18 | |
| Paynesville | 4.7 miles | 18 | |
| Hallsport | 5.4 miles | 18 | |
| Fulmer Valley | 5.5 miles | 18 | |
| Shongo | 7.3 miles | 18 | |
| Andover | 8.4 miles | 18 | |
| Mapes | 9.0 miles | 18 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 971167. 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.
Specimens. Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), https://www.gbif.org/. Only records licensed CC0 or CC BY are used. Records licensed CC BY-NC are excluded because this site carries advertising. Images are checked individually and any whose licence is non-commercial, no-derivatives or unreadable is refused.
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.
















