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Oswego County, New York

227 topographic sheets cover 159 settlements here, and 93 properties are on the National Register of Historic Places.

Research this county

From the record

93 National Register listings published here.

Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service

New York within the United States
Oswego County within New York
Explore by year 1854 1890

What the record shows

  • 3,402 topographic sheet readings cover the county's settlements.
  • 93 properties here are on the National Register of Historic Places: 69 buildings, 15 districts, 5 structures and 4 sites.
  • 9 of the 93 listings were added during the 1970s.
  • The Geographic Names Information System records 159 populated places in this county; 159 are covered by at least one topographic sheet.

Places on the National Register

93

Every property in this county listed on the National Register of Historic Places, with the year it was listed and the federal nomination document.

Photograph PropertyType ListedReference
Amboy District No. 2 Schoolhousebuilding2020100005849
Leonard Ames Farmhousebuilding199191001630
Orson Ames Housebuilding200101001318
Arthur Tavernbuilding199191001632
Smith H. Barlow Housebuilding198888002214
Brosemer Brewerybuilding201010000102
Buckhout-Jones Buildingbuilding200101001322
CHANCELLOR (tugboat)structure200000000050
Carley's Mills Schoolhousebuilding200504001449
Peter Chandler Housebuilding199191001626
Starr Clark Tin Shopbuilding200101001323
Edwin W. and Charlotte Clarke Housebuilding200202000052
Phineas Davis Farmsteaddistrict199191000524
Derrick Boat No. 8structure201514001129
John B. and Lydia Edwards Housebuilding200101001316
First Baptist Churchbuilding198888002218
First Congregational Church and Society of Volneybuilding200101000675
First National Bank of Laconabuilding198888002219
Fort Brewertonsite197373001247
Fort Ontariosite197070000426
Fowler-Loomis Housebuilding199191001628
Franklin Square Historic Districtdistrict198282003394
Fulton Public librarybuilding199998001616
Nathan and Clarissa Green Housebuilding200202000054
Hamilton Farmsteaddistrict199191001657
Holyoke Cottagebuilding198888002216
Hunter-Oliphant Blockbuilding199595000880
Kingsford Historic Districtdistrict201413001114
Kingsford Housebuilding199797000951
Lacona Clock Towerstructure198888002220
Lacona Railroad Station and Depotbuilding200201001499
Hamilton and Rhoda Littlefield Housebuilding200202000051
Market Housebuilding197474001292
John and Harriet McKenzie Housebuilding200101001314
Methodist Churchbuilding198888002213
Mexico Academy and Central Schoolbuilding199191001633
Mexico Octagon Barnbuilding199191000527
Mexico Railroad Depotbuilding199191000523
Mexico Stone Store, Thebuilding201010000103
Mexico Village Historic Districtdistrict199191000528
Montcalm Park Historic Districtdistrict200101000555
Mount Adnah Cemeterysite200101000046
Northrup-Gilbert Housebuilding200000000049
Oak Street Schoolbuilding200303000243
Oswego Armorybuilding198888000610
Oswego City Hallbuilding197373001248
Oswego City Librarybuilding197171000554
Oswego County Courthousebuilding200000001418
Oswego Theaterbuilding198888001590
Oswego West Pierhead Lighthousebuilding200000001468
Oswego Yacht Clubbuilding201010000105
Oswego and Syracuse Railroad Freight Housebuilding2017100001806
Daniel and Miriam Pease Housebuilding200202000053
Newton M. Pitt Housebuilding198888002209
Pleasant Lawn Cemeterysite200505001125
Pontiac Hotelbuilding198383001758
John Wells Pratt Housebuilding199999001490
Pulaski Village Historic Districtdistrict198383004525
Red Mill Farmdistrict199191001629
Richardson-Bates Housebuilding197575001220
Riverside Cemeterydistrict199393000854
Samuel Sadler Housebuilding198888002212
Salisbury, Charles, M., Housebuilding198888002217
Sandy Creek Historic Districtdistrict198888002208
Schroeppel Housebuilding198282003395
Selkirk Lighthousestructure197979001618
Sheldon Hallbuilding198080002741
Matthew Shoecraft Housebuilding198888002210
Timothy Skinner Housebuilding199191000526
Slack Farmsteaddistrict199191001627
George B. Sloan Estatebuilding198888001237
Fred Smart Housebuilding198888002215
St. James' Churchbuilding199696000958
St. John's Episcopal Churchbuilding199393000442
Standard Yarn Company Buildingbuilding200808000410
State Street Methodist Episcopal Churchbuilding201313000030
Stillman Farmsteaddistrict199191000525
Stillwater Bridgestructure199797001385
Sweet Memorial Buildingbuilding199090000695
Tanner Blockbuilding201009001269
Thayer Farmsteaddistrict199191001631
Trinity Churchbuilding198282001231
Newman Tuttle Housebuilding198888002211
U.S. Customhousebuilding197676001262
US Post Office-Fultonbuilding198988002519
David Van Buren Housebuilding198888000726
John Van Buren Tavernbuilding198888002377
Volkert Van Buren Housebuilding198888001707
Walton and Willett Stone Storebuilding197676001263
Washington Square Historic Districtdistrict201009001270
West Broadway Commercial Historic Districtdistrict2020100005848
Asa and Caroline Wing Housebuilding200101001317
Woodruff Blockbuilding199595000473

Bird's-eye views and land ownership maps

7

Drawn when these were printed as single large sheets: the town seen from the air, and the county divided into its farms with every owner named. Each opens the original at the Library of Congress.

Bird's-eye view, 1890 - Cleveland, N.Y.
Bird's-eye view (1890) - Cleveland, N.Y.. Library of Congress.
Bird's-eye view, 1885 - Pulaski, N.Y. 1885
Bird's-eye view (1885) - Pulaski, N.Y. 1885. Library of Congress.
Bird's-eye view, 1855 - Oswego, N.Y.
Bird's-eye view (1855) - Oswego, N.Y.. Library of Congress.
Land ownership map, 1880 - City atlas of Oswego, New York : from official records, private plans and actual surveys
Land ownership map (1880) - City atlas of Oswego, New York : from official records, private plans and actual surveys. Library of Congress.
Land ownership map, 1854 - Map of Oswego County, New York : from actual surveys
Land ownership map (1854) - Map of Oswego County, New York : from actual surveys. Library of Congress.
Land ownership map, 1861 - Map of Richland, Oswego Co. N.Y. : from actual surveys
Land ownership map (1861) - Map of Richland, Oswego Co. N.Y. : from actual surveys. Library of Congress.
Land ownership map, 1855 - Map of the town of Amboy
Land ownership map (1855) - Map of the town of Amboy. Library of Congress.

The county from the air

48 shown

Flown by the U.S. Geological Survey between 1937 and 1989, the Aerial Photo Single Frames collection is the definitive mid-century view of the land: fields, roads and rivers as the camera saw them. The Survey holds 1,817 frames inside the rectangle that bounds this county; the 48 frames below were taken over the county itself, chosen across the decades of flights (at most four a year from that rectangle), so one flight cannot crowd out the rest. The full set is free to browse and download at EarthExplorer under the dataset Aerial Photo Single Frames.

U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1956-05-07, scale 1:24000
1956-05-07, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1956-05-07, scale 1:24000
1956-05-07, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1956-05-07, scale 1:24000
1956-05-07, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1958-10-11, scale 1:35000
1958-10-11, scale 1:35000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1958-10-11, scale 1:35000
1958-10-11, scale 1:35000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1970-06-24, scale 1:10989
1970-06-24, scale 1:10989. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1970-06-24, scale 1:10989
1970-06-24, scale 1:10989. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1970-06-24, scale 1:10905
1970-06-24, scale 1:10905. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1970-06-24, scale 1:10905
1970-06-24, scale 1:10905. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1971-05-29, scale 1:117991
1971-05-29, scale 1:117991. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1971-05-29, scale 1:117991
1971-05-29, scale 1:117991. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1974-04-01, scale 1:20500
1974-04-01, scale 1:20500. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1974-04-01, scale 1:20500
1974-04-01, scale 1:20500. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1978-10-17, scale 1:80000
1978-10-17, scale 1:80000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1983-07-13, scale 1:13015
1983-07-13, scale 1:13015. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1983-07-13, scale 1:13015
1983-07-13, scale 1:13015. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1983-07-13, scale 1:13332
1983-07-13, scale 1:13332. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1983-07-13, scale 1:13332
1983-07-13, scale 1:13332. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1989-04-01, scale 1:15000
1989-04-01, scale 1:15000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1989-04-01, scale 1:15000
1989-04-01, scale 1:15000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1989-04-01, scale 1:15000
1989-04-01, scale 1:15000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1989-04-01, scale 1:15000
1989-04-01, scale 1:15000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1956-05-07, scale 1:24000
1956-05-07, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1958-10-11, scale 1:35000
1958-10-11, scale 1:35000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1958-10-11, scale 1:35000
1958-10-11, scale 1:35000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1960-05-06, scale 1:60000
1960-05-06, scale 1:60000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1960-05-06, scale 1:60000
1960-05-06, scale 1:60000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1960-05-06, scale 1:60000
1960-05-06, scale 1:60000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1960-05-06, scale 1:60000
1960-05-06, scale 1:60000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1971-05-29, scale 1:118993
1971-05-29, scale 1:118993. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1971-05-29, scale 1:119443
1971-05-29, scale 1:119443. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1972-05-06, scale 1:20500
1972-05-06, scale 1:20500. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1972-05-06, scale 1:20500
1972-05-06, scale 1:20500. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1972-05-06, scale 1:20500
1972-05-06, scale 1:20500. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1972-05-06, scale 1:20500
1972-05-06, scale 1:20500. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1974-04-01, scale 1:20500
1974-04-01, scale 1:20500. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1978-10-17, scale 1:80000
1978-10-17, scale 1:80000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1978-10-17, scale 1:80000
1978-10-17, scale 1:80000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1978-10-17, scale 1:80000
1978-10-17, scale 1:80000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1981-04-10, scale 1:80000
1981-04-10, scale 1:80000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1981-04-10, scale 1:80000
1981-04-10, scale 1:80000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1981-04-10, scale 1:80000
1981-04-10, scale 1:80000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1981-04-10, scale 1:80000
1981-04-10, scale 1:80000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1994-06-08, scale 1:27000
1994-06-08, scale 1:27000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1994-06-08, scale 1:27000
1994-06-08, scale 1:27000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1994-06-08, scale 1:27000
1994-06-08, scale 1:27000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1994-06-08, scale 1:27000
1994-06-08, scale 1:27000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 2003-04-14, scale 1:14400
2003-04-14, scale 1:14400. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

Weather records

31 stations, 10 gages

The thermometers that kept this county's weather, and the gages that measured the flow of its streams, as the federal records hold them. The extremes below are measured values from those records, not estimates.

The 1950 census, district by district

101 districts

Who lived here in 1950, one enumeration district at a time, as the Census Bureau described each district. Each row opens its official National Archives result, with Population Schedules and ED Maps available there.

  • 38-1N/A
  • 38-2N/A
  • 38-3N/A
  • 38-4N/A
  • 38-5N/A
  • 38-6N/A
  • 38-7N/A
  • 38-8Fulton city - That part of Ward 1 Bounded by Hannibal; W. 1st; Schuyler; W. 5th N., Gansvoort, W. 6th N., Worth, Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad
  • 38-9Fulton city - That part of Ward 1 Bounded by Hannibal; Delaware, Lackawanna, & Western Railroad, Worth, W. 6th; N., Gansvoort, W. 5th N., Schuyler, W. 4th N., W. 4th; Leitch, Ward line; City limits
  • 38-10Fulton city - That part of Ward 1 Bounded by Schuyler, W. 1st, Schenck; Oswego River; Ward line, Leitch; W. 4th, W. 4th N.
  • 38-11Fulton city - That part of Ward 2 Bounded by Leitch, Ward line; Oswego River; Pine extended, Pine W.; 3rd
  • 38-12Fulton city - That part of Ward 2 Bounded by Ward line, Leitch; W. 3rd; Pine, Broadwell Ave., Chestnut, Chestnut extended ;City limits
  • 38-13Fulton city - That part of Ward 2 Bounded by Chestnut extended, Chestnut, Broadwell Ave., Pine; W. 2nd, Spruce, W. 1st S.; City limits; City limits
  • 38-14Fulton city - That part of Ward 2 Bounded by Pine, Pine extended; Oswego River; City limits; W. 1st S., Spruce, W. 2nd
  • 38-15Fulton city - That part of Ward 3 Bounded by E. Broadway; City limits; S. 7th, Division, S. 4th
  • 38-16Fulton city - That part of Ward 3 Bounded by E. Broadway; S. 4th; Pratt, S. 3rd, Division, Division extended; Oswego River
  • 38-17Fulton city - That part of Ward 3 Bounded by Division extended, Division, S. 3rd, Pratt; S. 4th, City limits; City limits; Oswego River
  • 38-18Fulton city - That part of Ward 3 Bounded by Division; S. 7th; City limits; S. 4th
  • 38-19Fulton city - That part of Ward 4 Bounded by Buffalo, S. 7th, Welles, Emery; City limits; E. Broadway; S. 5th, Academy, S. 5th
  • 38-20Fulton city - That part of Ward 4 Bounded by Rochester extended, Rochester, S. 2nd, Buffalo; S. 5th, Academy, S. 5th; E. Broadway; Oswego River
  • 38-21Fulton city - That part of Ward 5 Bounded by Oneida; City limits; Emery, Welles, S. 7th, Buffalo; S. 5th
  • 38-22Fulton city - That part of Ward 5 Bounded by Oneida; S. 5th; Buffalo, S. 2nd, Rochester, Rochester extended; Oswego River
  • 38-23Fulton city - That part of Ward 6 Bounded by City limits; City limits; Whitaker Rd., N. 7th, Ontario, Ontario extended; Oswego River, Town line
  • 38-24Fulton city - That part of Ward 6 Bounded by Ontario extended, Ontario; N. 5th; Oneida, Oneida extended; Oswego River
  • 38-25Fulton city - That part of Ward 6 Bounded by Ontario, N. 7th, Whitaker Rd.; City limits; Oneida; N. 5th
  • 38-26Granby town: Granby town - That part Bounded by Town line; Town line, Fulton city limits; Fulton city limits, State Highway 3; Town line
  • 38-27Granby town - That part Bounded by State Highway 3; Fulton city limits; State Highway 176; Town line
  • 38-28Granby town - That part Bounded by State Highway 176, Fulton city limits; Town line; Town line; Town line
  • 38-29Hannibal town: Hannibal village
  • 38-30Hannibal town - That part north of State Highway 3 and U.S. Highway 104, outside Hannibal village
  • 38-31Hannibal town - That part south of State Highway 3 and U.S. Highway 104, outside Hannibal village
  • 38-32Hastings town: Central Square village
  • 38-33Hastings town - That part north of County Highway 56 and State Highway 49, outside Central Square village
  • 38-34Hastings town - That part south of County Highway 56 and State Highway 49, outside Central Square village
  • 38-35Mexico town: Mexico village: Mexico village - That part Village limits; Village limits; Village limits; Church, Spring, Washington, Main, Railroad
  • 38-36Mexico village - That part Bounded by Village limits; Railroad, Main, Washington, Spring, Church; Village limits; Village limits
  • 38-37Mexico town - That part north of U.S. Highway 104 and State Highway 126, outside Mexico village
  • 38-38Mexico town - That part south of U.S. Highway 104 and State Highway 126, outside Mexico village
  • 38-39Minetto town
  • 38-40New Haven town
  • 38-41Orwell town
  • 38-42Oswego city: Oswego city - That part of Ward 1, excluding Oswego Coast Guard Station, and Oswego West Pierhead Lighthouse Bounded by City limits; Oswego River; W. Schuyler; Montcalm
  • 38-43Oswego West Pierhead Lighthouse (In Oswego city, Ward 1)
  • 38-44Oswego city - That part of Ward 1 Bounded by City limits; Montcalm; W. Schuyler; Liberty
  • 38-45Oswego city - That part of Ward 1 Bounded by City limits; Liberty; W. Cayuga, George Washington Blvd.; City limits
  • 38-46Oswego city - That part of Ward 1 Bounded by W. Schuyler; W. 7th; W. Cayuga; Liberty
  • 38-47Oswego city - That part of Ward 1 Bounded by W. Schuyler; Oswego River; W. Cayuga; W. 7th
  • 38-48Oswego city - That part of Ward 2 Bounded by City limits; City limits; E. Seneca; E. 12th
  • 38-49Oswego city - That part of Ward 2 Bounded by City limits; E. 12th; E. Seneca; E. 10th, E. Schuyler, Helen, 10 1/2 St.
  • 38-50Oswego city - That part of Ward 2 Bounded by City limits; 10 1/2 St., Helen, E. Schuyler, E. 10th; E. Seneca; E. 7th, E. Schuyler, E. 9th
  • 38-51Oswego city - That part of Ward 2 Bounded by City limits; E. 9th, E. Schuyler, E. 7th; E. Seneca, Ward line; Oswego River
  • 38-52Oswego Coast Guard Station (In Oswego city, Ward 1)
  • 38-53Oswego city - That part of Ward 3, excluding The Hotel Pontiac Bounded by W. Cayuga, Ward line; Oswego River; Ward line, W. Utica; W. 5th
  • 38-54The Pontiac Hotel (In Oswego city, Ward 3)
  • 38-55Oswego city - That part of Ward 3 Bounded by W. Cayuga; W. 5th; W. Utica; W. 8th
  • 38-56Oswego city - That part of Ward 3 Bounded by W. Cayuga; W. 8th; W. Utica; Liberty
  • 38-57Oswego city - That part of Ward 3 Bounded by George Washington Blvd., W. Cayuga; Liberty; W. Utica, Ward line; City limits
  • 38-58Oswego city - That part of Ward 4 Bounded by E. Seneca; City limits; Ward line, E. Oneida; E. 11th
  • 38-59Oswego city - That part of Ward 4 Bounded by E. Seneca; E. 11th; E. Oneida; E. 7th
  • 38-60Oswego city - That part of Ward 4 Bounded by E. Seneca; E. 7th; E. Oneida; E. 4th
  • 38-61Oswego city - That part of Ward 4 Bounded by Ward line, E. Seneca; E. 4th; E. Oneida, Ward line; Oswego River
  • 38-62Oswego city - That part of Ward 5 Bounded by W. Utica; Oswego River; Ward line, Murray, Varick; W. 5th
  • 38-63Oswego city - That part of Ward 5 Bounded by W. Utica; W. 5th; Varick, W. 7th, Tallman; W. 8th
  • 38-64Oswego city - That part of Ward 5 Bounded by W. Utica; W. 8th; Tallman; Hawley, Erie, Herrick
  • 38-65Oswego city - That part of Ward 5 Bounded by Ward line, W. Utica; Herrick, Erie, Hawley; Ward line; City limits
  • 38-66Oswego city - That part of Ward 6 Bounded by E. Oneida, Ward line; City limits; E. Albany; E. 10th
  • 38-67Oswego city - That part of Ward 6 Bounded by E. Oneida; E. 10th; E. Albany; E. 6th
  • 38-68Oswego city - That part of Ward 6 Bounded by Ward line, E. Oneida; E. 6th; E. Albany, Ward line; Oswego River
  • 38-69Oswego city - That part of Ward 7 Bounded by Varick, Murry, Ward line; Oswego River; City limits; City limits, W. 5th
  • 38-70Oswego city - That part of Ward 7 Bounded by Ward line, Tallman, W. 7th, Varick; W. 5th; City limits; City limits
  • 38-71Oswego city - That part of Ward 8 Bounded by E. Albany; Hamilton extended, Hamilton; Duer
  • 38-72Oswego city - That part of Ward 8 Bounded E. Albany; Duer; Hamilton; Syracuse Ave.
  • 38-73Oswego city - That part of Ward 8, excluding Convent of Sisters of Third Franciscan Order, OMC, including St. Francis Home for Children Bounded by Ward line, E. Albany; Syracuse Ave., Burckle [Burkle], Duer, Duer extended; City limits; Oswego River
  • 38-74Convent of Sisters of the Third Franciscan Order, OMC, including St. Francis Home for Children (In Oswego city, Ward 8)
  • 38-75Oswego city - That part of Ward 8 Bounded by Hamilton, Hamilton extended; City limits; City limits; Duer extended, Duer, Burckle [Burkle], Syracuse Ave.
  • 38-76Oswego town: Oswego town - That part Bounded by U. S. Highway 104, Oswego city limits; Town line; Town line; County Highway 5
  • 38-77Oswego town - That part Bounded by State Highway 104A, U. S. Highway 104; County Highway 5; Town line; Town line
  • 38-78Oswego town - That part Bounded by Lake Ontario; Oswego city limits; U. S. Highway 104, State Highway 104A; Town line
  • 38-79Palermo town: Palermo town - That part Bounded by Town line; Town line; Town line; State Highway 264, County Highway 33, County Highway 26, and State Highway 3
  • 38-80Palermo town - That part Bounded by Town line; State Highway 3, County Highway 26, County Highway 33, and State Highway 264; Town line; Town line
  • 38-81Parish town: Parish village
  • 38-82Parish town - That part outside Parish village
  • 38-83Redfield town
  • 38-84Richland town: Pulaski village: Pulaski village - That part Bounded by Village limits; Village limits; Richland Rd., Maple, Jefferson, Lake; Village limits
  • 38-85Pulaski village - That part Bounded by Lake, Jefferson, Maple, Richland Rd.; Village limits; Village limits; Village limits
  • 38-86Richland town - That part north of Salmon River, outside Pulaski village
  • 38-87Richland town - That part south of Salmon River, outside Pulaski village
  • 38-88Sandy Creek town: Lacona village
  • 38-89Sandy Creek village
  • 38-90Sandy Creek town - That part outside Sandy Creek and Lacona villages
  • 38-91Schroeppel town: Phoenix village: Phoenix village - That part south of Lock St.
  • 38-92Schroeppel town - Phoenix village - That part north of Lock St.
  • 38-93Schroeppel town - That part east of State Highway 264 outside Phoenix village
  • 38-94Schroeppel town - That part west of State Highway 264 outside Phoenix village
  • 38-95Scriba town: Scriba town - That part north of State Highway 104
  • 38-96Scriba town - That part south of State Highway 104
  • 38-97Volney town: Volney town - That part east of State Highway 176 and north of State Highway 49
  • 38-98Volney town - That part west of State Highway 176
  • 38-99Volney town - That part south of State Highway 49
  • 38-100West Monroe town
  • 38-101Williamstown town

Wildfire, 1997 to 2020

1,256 fires

Every wildfire the federal occurrence database records inside this county: 1,256 of them, burning about 874 acres. 49 started naturally and 212 were recorded as arson. Each settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it.

Reported cause Fires
Missing data/not specified/undetermined719
Arson/incendiarism212
Debris and open burning122
Smoking62
Natural49
Equipment and vehicle use42
Recreation and ceremony26
Misuse of fire by a minor16
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Other causes1
Fireworks1

The five largest, by the area the report gives. Two of them were set deliberately.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
20 April 2006Debris and open burning22 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
1 January 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined12 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
17 April 2003Recreation and ceremony8.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
25 March 2009Arson/incendiarism7.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 April 2017Arson/incendiarism6.0 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
1 May 2006Recreation and ceremony5.6 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
26 March 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresFire Department of New YorkNA
25 April 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresFire Department of New YorkNA

Every settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it - see the settlement index below.

Storms, 1960 to 2026

60 of 571 shown

The NOAA Storm Events Database holds 571 reports for this county, causing no deaths, 6 injuries and about $11,937,030 in recorded property damage. Each settlement page carries the reports that name it.

Kind of event Reports
Thunderstorm Wind416
Hail86
Flash Flood26
Flood23
Tornado11
Heavy Rain7
Lightning1
Funnel Cloud1

The most serious of them, by death, then injury, then recorded damage. The accounts are quoted exactly as the forecast office filed them.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 1996Tornado (F0)Granby3 hurt, $35,000no account filed
May 1986Thunderstorm Windnot stated2 hurtno account filed
September 2000Thunderstorm WindPennellville1 hurt, $20,000no account filed
June 2019FloodSouthwest Oswego$1,500,000no account filed
May 2019FloodKinney Corners$1,500,000no account filed
July 2019FloodOswego Beach$1,000,000no account filed
September 1998Thunderstorm WindPhoenix$500,000no account filed
August 1993Thunderstorm WindPulaski$500,000no account filed
August 1993Hailnot stated$500,000no account filed
August 1993Thunderstorm Windnot stated$500,000no account filed
June 2019Flash FloodLansing$300,000Multiple roads, homes, and businesses were reported flooded. Water was up to the roofs of cars in the high school parking lot. The emergency manager stated it was the worst flooding ever seen in Oswego.
August 2003Thunderstorm WindFulton$250,000no account filed
July 1986Tornado (F1)not stated$250,000no account filed
May 1983Tornado (F3)not stated$250,000no account filed
August 2019FloodOswego Beach$200,000no account filed
May 2015Flash FloodFulton$100,000no account filed
June 2008Thunderstorm WindSandy Creek$100,000no account filed
July 2006Flash FloodHannibal$100,000no account filed
June 2008Thunderstorm WindOswego$75,000no account filed
June 2010Tornado (EF0)East Palermo$50,000A NWS survey confirmed a tornado touched down.
May 1994Tornado (F0)Central Square$50,000Afternoon thunderstorms produced hail up to one inch in diameter. Trees and wires were downed by a weak tornado in Central Square. The tornado also destroyed a garage.
August 1993Tornado (F0)Mexico$50,000An isolated severe thunderstorm moved along the northeast portion of Oswego County. The initial damage from the storm, determined to be caused by strong thunderstorm winds, occurred in Texas where a large tree was blown onto a house. The resident there also reported golfball-size hail at the time. The thunderstorm then spawned a weak tornado which caused only tree damage for a path of 1 to 1.5 miles.
August 1993Thunderstorm WindTexas$50,000An isolated severe thunderstorm moved along the northeast portion of Oswego County. The initial damage from the storm, determined to be caused by strong thunderstorm winds, occurred in Texas where a large tree was blown onto a house. The resident there also reported golfball-size hail at the time. The thunderstorm then spawned a weak tornado which caused only tree damage for a path of 1 to 1.5 miles.
June 2002Thunderstorm WindFulton$50,000no account filed
July 1999Thunderstorm WindHannibal$50,000no account filed
August 1994Thunderstorm WindHannibal$50,000no account filed
August 1994Thunderstorm WindGranby Center$50,000no account filed
August 1994Thunderstorm WindFulton$50,000no account filed
May 1993HailRedfield$50,000no account filed
August 1993Thunderstorm WindWilliamstown$50,000no account filed
September 2015Thunderstorm WindDugway$45,000Thunderstorm winds downed numerous trees in an area near Albion Cross Road.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindFulton$45,000no account filed
May 2015Thunderstorm WindPalermo$35,000Law enforcement reported trees and wires downed by thunderstorm winds.
September 2015Thunderstorm WindOswego$35,000no account filed
June 2008Thunderstorm WindPulaski$35,000no account filed
May 2003Thunderstorm WindOswego$35,000no account filed
August 2003Thunderstorm WindGranby Center$35,000no account filed
May 2001Thunderstorm WindWest Monroe$35,000no account filed
September 2015Thunderstorm WindLansing$30,000Law enforcement reported numerous downed trees and wires.
June 2002Thunderstorm WindVolney$30,000no account filed
August 2001Thunderstorm WindGranby Center$28,000no account filed
June 2016Thunderstorm WindWest Monroe$25,000Broadcast news showed a secured dock flipped over by thunderstorm winds in Shaw Bay.
August 2015Thunderstorm WindOswego$25,000Multiple trees were downed by thunderstorm winds on the SUNY Oswego campus.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindFulton$25,000Law enforcement reported a large tree fell on a house.
May 2009Thunderstorm WindPalermo$25,000no account filed
June 2005Thunderstorm WindLacona$25,000no account filed
November 2005LightningOswego$25,000no account filed
August 2003Flash FloodConstantia$25,000no account filed
May 2002Thunderstorm WindLacona$25,000no account filed
July 1999Thunderstorm WindOswego$25,000no account filed
May 1972Tornado (F0)not stated$25,000no account filed
June 2019Flash FloodFulton$20,000Widespread flooding was reported across the City of Fulton.
August 2017Thunderstorm WindMexico$20,000Thunderstorm winds downed a large tree which damaged a truck.
May 2017HailMt Pleasant$20,000Large hail broke windows and damaged building siding.
September 2016Thunderstorm WindConstantia$20,000Law enforcement reported trees and power lines downed by thunderstorm winds.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindWest Monroe$20,000no account filed
July 2008Thunderstorm WindPhoenix$20,000no account filed
July 2006Thunderstorm WindPhoenix$20,000no account filed
June 2002Thunderstorm WindOswego$20,000no account filed
August 2002Thunderstorm WindFulton Oswego Co Arp$20,000no account filed

Mines and quarries

28 recorded

The Survey's mineral resources record lists 28 workings inside this county. 16 still produce and 12 are closed or unrecorded. Each settlement page carries the workings within five miles of it.

Commodity Workings
Sand and Gravel, Construction26
Limestone, General1
Stone, Crushed/Broken1

The least common of them first, because a county's hundredth gravel pit says nothing its first ten did not.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Fulton PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Fulton PlantLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
B.R. Dewitt, Inc. Gp-4 PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Babcock PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Capria PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Chauvin PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Coffin PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Coffin PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Erie Street PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Erie Street PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
French Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Granby PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gulliver PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Hays & Smith PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Hogback Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Lacona PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Lacona Pit and PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Orwell PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Pappa PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Phoenix Gravel BedSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Rawson PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Sandy Creek Town PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Scriba PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Scriba PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Scriba PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Smith PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Weaver PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Weaver Pit Number 2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every populated place in the county

159

Named settlements recorded in the Geographic Names Information System, each with the topographic sheets covering it. Villages, hamlets and abandoned places alike. Each is shown with the nearest named watercourse or landform and the survey quadrangle it falls on.

Provenance

  • Topographic sheets. USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection, county index, measured from the bulk metadata.
  • Fire insurance maps. Library of Congress Sanborn collection, faceted to this county.
  • Photographs. Each place queried individually against the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs search.
  • 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.