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York, New York

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1983. It stands in York town. It lies in ZIP code area 14533. The Survey maps it on the Leicester quadrangle. 488 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 781 feet above sea level.

York within Livingston County

Then and now

1904 to 1983

The same ground, surveyed 79 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of York, surveyed 1983
Topographic sheet of York, surveyed 1904

On record in York

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

9 surveys from 23 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

70 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 70 fires within 5 miles of York between 2001 and 2020, burning about 50 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 18 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/undetermined26
Arson/incendiarism18
Debris and open burning9
Smoking7
Natural4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
6 September 2015Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
3 September 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
28 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
9 August 2016Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
13 August 2001Debris and open burning1.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 July 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
4 July 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 July 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Livingston County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of York: 9 past producers, 3 producers, 1 unknown, 1 plant. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Salt, Natural Gas, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Halite. 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
Old Retsof ShaftHalite, Potassium, Gypsum-AnhydriteProducer1884
Highway Department PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Highway Department PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
C.Johnson No.1 WellSalt, Natural GasUnknown
E.Whitney No.1 WellSalt, Natural GasPast Producer
J.B.Murphy No.1 WellSalt, Natural GasPast Producer
Fuller ShaftSaltProducer
J.J.Gilmore No.1 WellSaltPast Producer
J.Martin No.1 WellSaltPast Producer
Livingston Salt Co.Well No.1SaltPast Producer

Every working recorded in Livingston County

Storms near this place

8 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names York in 8 storm reports between 2005 and 2026: 8 thunderstorm wind. 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
November 2005Thunderstorm WindYork$15,000no account filed
July 2014Thunderstorm WindYork$10,000Law enforcement reported trees and wires down.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindYork$10,000no account filed
October 2017Thunderstorm WindYork$5,000Law enforcement reported wires downed by thunderstorm winds.
January 2026Thunderstorm WindYork$2,000Trees and powerlines downed in York.
April 2023Thunderstorm WindYork$2,000Trees and wires were downed in York.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindYork$2,000Trees and wires were reported down.
April 2025Thunderstorm WindYork-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Livingston 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
York Center (historical)0.7 miles24
Inverness1.7 miles23
Craigs2.1 miles23
Retsof2.5 miles23
Fowlerville2.6 miles23
Greigsville2.9 miles23
Fraser3.1 miles23
Piffard3.5 miles24

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 YorkAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6170284The 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 971829. 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.