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Albion Center, New York

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Albion town. It lies in ZIP code area 13302. The Survey maps it on the Dugway quadrangle.

Albion Center within Oswego County

Then and now

1905 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 80 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Albion Center, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Albion Center, surveyed 1905

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 20 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

79 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 79 fires within 5 miles of Albion Center between 2000 and 2020, burning about 47 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 20 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/undetermined35
Arson/incendiarism20
Debris and open burning9
Equipment and vehicle use6
Natural4
Smoking3
Recreation and ceremony2

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
8 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
27 September 2020Smokingunder an acreNew York Forest RangersGRINDSTONE CREEK
2 September 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Oswego County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Albion Center: 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Babcock PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Orwell PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Oswego County

Storms near this place

5 since 2013

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Albion Center in 5 storm reports between 2013 and 2023: 4 thunderstorm wind, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
October 2016Thunderstorm WindAlbion Center$15,000Law enforcement reported trees downed by thunderstorm winds.
September 2013Thunderstorm WindAlbion Center$15,000Law enforcement reported trees and wires down.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindAlbion Center$2,000Wires were downed.
August 2018Thunderstorm WindAlbion Center$2,000Trees and wires were reported down along County Route 22 and State Route 104.
May 2017HailAlbion Center-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Oswego 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
Howardville1.9 miles20
Altmar2.6 miles20
Pineville2.8 miles20
Dugway2.8 miles20
Centerville4.1 miles20
Tinker Tavern Corner4.7 miles22
Happy Valley4.9 miles20
Richland5.6 miles20

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 Albion CenterAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q4712506The 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 972155. 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.