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Border City, New York

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Waterloo town. It lies in ZIP code area 14456. The Survey maps it on the Geneva North quadrangle.

Border City within Seneca County

Then and now

1902 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 84 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Border City, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Border City, surveyed 1902

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

211 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 211 fires within 5 miles of Border City between 2000 and 2020, burning about 159 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 26 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/undetermined92
Smoking47
Arson/incendiarism26
Debris and open burning21
Natural11
Equipment and vehicle use9
Recreation and ceremony3
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
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
8 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2016Arson/incendiarism6.3 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
30 September 2014Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
26 September 2016Natural6.3 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
24 September 2008Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
24 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
23 September 2008Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Seneca County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Border City: 7 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Geneva MineStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Geneva PlantLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Pat O'Connor No.1 WellSaltPast Producer
Five Points PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Five Points PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Oaks Corners PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Oaks Corners PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Town of Waterloo PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Town of Waterloo PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Seneca County

Storms near this place

9 since 2014

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Border City in 9 storm reports between 2014 and 2025: 6 thunderstorm wind, 2 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2023FloodBorder City$15,000Basements in the area were reported to be flooded.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindBorder City$13,500Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down trees and wires and snapped a power pole.
April 2023FloodBorder City$5,000Street and road flooding was occurring. Vehicles were stuck in water.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindBorder City$5,000Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down a tree onto a mobile home.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindBorder City$2,500Strong thunderstorm winds knocked over a tree that ended up leaning on a transformer. The transformer then caught on fire.
March 2025Thunderstorm WindBorder City$1,000Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down a tree and limbs onto the roadway blocking one lane.
September 2022Thunderstorm WindBorder City$1,000Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down power lines, resulting in a power outage on Seneca Blvd.
August 2021Thunderstorm WindBorder City$1,000Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down a tree which blocked Serven Road.
July 2014HailBorder City-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Seneca 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
East Geneva1.2 miles23
Packwood Corners2.4 miles23
Pastime Park2.9 miles24
Rose Hill3.4 miles24
Teall Beach4.6 miles24
Parr Harbor4.7 miles23
Yale5.4 miles24
Waterloo5.5 miles24

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 944457. 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.