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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.

Whitesville within Allegany County

Then and now

1926 to 1986

The 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 sheet of Whitesville, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Whitesville, surveyed 1926

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 18 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

25 since 1995

Regional 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/undetermined12
Debris and open burning4
Natural3
Arson/incendiarism2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Recreation and ceremony1
Smoking1

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
31 August 1995Equipment and vehicle use6.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
8 May 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
2 May 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
10 May 2011Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 April 2008Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
30 April 2015Debris and open burning1.5 acresFire Department of New YorkNA
29 April 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.3 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
21 April 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Allegany County

Specimens collected near this place

12 of 195 shown

Regional 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 SpeciesYear Collected by Where, as recorded
Specimen of Phragmidium subcorticium (Schrank) G.WinterPhragmidium subcorticium (Schrank) G.Winter1925Elrene Crandall
Specimen of Diplolepis rosae (Linnaeus, 1758)Diplolepis rosae (Linnaeus, 1758)1967W.T. Johnsoneast of Andover
Specimen of unnamed1969W.A. Sinclair
A photograph of the species Salix bebbiana, not of this specimenSalix bebbiana Sarg.1870A. P. GarberAndover
Gloeosporium Desm. & Mont., 18491883A.B. SeymourGranville.
A photograph of the species Amanita Pers., not of this specimenAmanita Pers.1887Cook, O. F.Marsh Creek
A photograph of the species Spiraea alba, not of this specimenSpiraea alba Du Roi1889De Alton SaundersAndover
A photograph of the species Polygonum cilinode, not of this specimenPolygonum cilinode Michx.1890DeAlton SaundersIndependence
Taphrina sacchari Jenkins1922Nye BerniceAndover
A photograph of the species Ambloplites rupestris, not of this specimenAmbloplites rupestris (Rafinesque, 1817)1926John GreelyDyke Cr.
A photograph of the species Campostoma anomalum, not of this specimenCampostoma anomalum (Rafinesque, 1820)1926John GreelyFord Cr. [Brook]
A photograph of the species Catostomus commersonii, not of this specimenCatostomus commersonii (Lacepède, 1803)1926John GreelyMarsh Cr.

All 195 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Storms near this place

5 since 2012

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2012Thunderstorm WindWhitesville$10,000Law enforcement reported numerous trees and wires down.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindWhitesville$10,000Law enforcement reported numerous trees and wires down.
August 2022Thunderstorm WindWhitesville$2,000Trees and wires were downed.
August 2024Flash FloodWhitesville-Water rescues were being conducted in Whitesville per Emergency Manager and 911 dispatch.
May 2017HailWhitesville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Allegany 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
Spring Mills2.1 miles18
Independence3.6 miles18
Paynesville4.7 miles18
Hallsport5.4 miles18
Fulmer Valley5.5 miles18
Shongo7.3 miles18
Andover8.4 miles18
Mapes9.0 miles18

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.