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Brewerton, New York

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Cicero town. It lies in ZIP code area 13029. It lies near Denmans Island. The Survey maps it on the Brewerton quadrangle.

Brewerton within Onondaga County

Then and now

1895 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 90 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Brewerton, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Brewerton, surveyed 1895

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 27 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

151 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 151 fires within 5 miles of Brewerton between 2000 and 2020, burning about 88 acres in total. 16 started naturally. 23 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/undetermined72
Arson/incendiarism23
Natural16
Smoking14
Debris and open burning10
Misuse of fire by a minor10
Equipment and vehicle use3
Recreation and ceremony1
Other causes1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 September 2002Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
24 September 2018Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
18 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
17 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
16 September 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
9 August 2016Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
9 August 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Onondaga 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 Brewerton: 1 past producer, 1 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
Cecil Perry Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Cecil Perry Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Onondaga County

Storms near this place

11 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Brewerton in 11 storm reports between 2008 and 2024: 6 thunderstorm wind, 5 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
May 2013Thunderstorm WindBrewerton$20,000Tree was blown down on house.
May 2017HailBrewerton$5,000A severe thunderstorm developed over the area and produced golf ball sized hail.
May 2017HailBrewerton$5,000A severe thunderstorm developed over the area and produced golf ball sized hail.
May 2017HailBrewerton$5,000A severe thunderstorm developed over the area and produced half dollar sized hail.
August 2015Thunderstorm WindBrewerton$3,000A severe thunderstorm produced severe winds as it moved across the area. The thunderstorm resulted in fifteen trees either being knocked over or uprooted. Trees ranged from one to three feet in diameter.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindBrewerton$2,000Strong thunderstorm winds brought down a large tree and a pole on Jerome Street.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindBrewerton$2,000A thunderstorm moved across the region and became severe. This thunderstorm resulted in trees being knocked over.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindBrewerton$2,000Trees were blown down at Route 11 and Miller Road.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindBrewerton$1,000Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down a tree across a road.
July 2008HailBrewerton-Hail fell for about 7 minutes.
May 2012HailBrewerton-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Onondaga 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
Youngs2.6 miles27
Forest Beach2.9 miles29
Sandy Bay3.8 miles29
Clay4.0 miles27
Oak Orchard4.4 miles27
Cicero4.5 miles29
Lower South Bay4.9 miles29
Rodger Corner5.3 miles27

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 944698. 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.