Yorkshire, New York
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1923 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Yorkshire town. It lies in ZIP code area 14173. The Survey maps it on the Arcade quadrangle. 1,176 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,434 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1923 to 1984The same ground, surveyed 61 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 figuresYorkshire fell from 1,180 to 1,176 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 | 1,180 | |
| 2020 | 1,176 | -4 (-0%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 15 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.
- 1923 USGS Arcade quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1925 USGS Arcade quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1966 USGS Arcade quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1967 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
85 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 85 fires within 5 miles of Yorkshire between 1995 and 2020, burning about 62 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 17 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 | 51 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 17 |
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 16 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 24 August 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 2 August 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 18 August 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 16 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 2 July 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 15 July 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Yorkshire: 4 producers, 3 past producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Salt. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fred Howe Well | Salt | Past Producer | ||
| K.R.Wilson No.1 Well | Salt | Past Producer | ||
| Rules Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Sardinia Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Spencer and Haley Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Spencer and Haley Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Town Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
23 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Yorkshire in 23 storm reports between 1999 and 2024: 18 thunderstorm wind, 4 flash flood, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Yorkshire | $50,000 | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Flash Flood | Yorkshire | $30,000 | no account filed |
| September 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Yorkshire | $25,000 | no account filed |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Yorkshire | $15,000 | Law enforcement reported trees and wires down by thunderstorm winds on Creek Road. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Yorkshire | $15,000 | Law enforcement reported numerous trees and lines down by thunderstorm winds. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Yorkshire | $15,000 | no account filed |
| January 1999 | Flash Flood | Yorkshire | $15,000 | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Yorkshire | $15,000 | no account filed |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Yorkshire | $10,000 | Law enforcement reported trees and wires downed by thunderstorm winds. |
| January 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Yorkshire | $10,000 | Law enforcement reported trees and power lines down. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Yorkshire | $10,000 | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Yorkshire | $10,000 | no account filed |
| January 1999 | Flash Flood | Yorkshire | $10,000 | no account filed |
| January 1999 | Flash Flood | Yorkshire | $10,000 | no account filed |
| April 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Yorkshire | $2,000 | A one ton air handler was displaced off its foundation on the roof of Pioneer High School. |
| April 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Yorkshire | $2,000 | A tree was downed on wires near Beyer Road. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Yorkshire | $2,000 | Several trees were downed. |
| August 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Yorkshire | $2,000 | Trees and wires were downed. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Yorkshire | $1,000 | Trees downed in the town of Yorkshire. |
| April 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Yorkshire | $1,000 | Trees were downed blocking Route 16 near Westover Road. |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Yorkshire | $1,000 | Trees were reported down in Yorkshire. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Yorkshire | $500 | A tree was downed on Maple Street in Yorkshire. |
| June 2020 | Hail | Yorkshire | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delevan | 2.8 miles | 14 | |
| McKinstry Hollow | 5.2 miles | 13 | |
| Sandusky | 5.2 miles | 14 | |
| Elton | 5.9 miles | 14 | |
| Lime Lake | 6.6 miles | 14 | |
| Machias | 7.7 miles | 14 | |
| Freedom | 8.1 miles | 14 | |
| Machias Junction | 8.4 miles | 14 |
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 Yorkshire | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14707826 | 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 971837. 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.







