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Caledonia, New York

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Caledonia town. It lies in ZIP code area 14423. The Survey maps it on the Caledonia quadrangle.

Caledonia within Livingston County

Then and now

1904 to 1983

The same ground, surveyed 79 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Caledonia, surveyed 1983
Topographic sheet of Caledonia, surveyed 1904

On record in Caledonia

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 4 records

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

98 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 98 fires within 5 miles of Caledonia between 2000 and 2020, burning about 79 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 16 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/undetermined33
Debris and open burning18
Arson/incendiarism16
Natural11
Equipment and vehicle use6
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Smoking3
Recreation and ceremony3
Other causes1

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 2002Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 September 2020Natural5.0 acresFire Department of New YorkNA
17 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.2 acresFire Department of New YorkNA
15 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
9 August 2010Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 August 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
23 August 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
13 August 2001Debris and open burning1.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Livingston County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 24 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 24 workings within 5 miles of Caledonia: 19 past producers, 5 producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gypsum-Anhydrite, Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
North Leroy QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
North Leroy QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Salt WellSaltPast Producer
Abandoned Gypsum WorkingsGypsum-AnhydritePast Producer
Abandoned Gysum WorkingsGypsum-AnhydritePast Producer
Consolidated Wheatland Plaster ShftGypsum-AnhydritePast Producer
Empire Gypsum Co. MineGypsum-AnhydritePast Producer
Garbutt Gypsum Co Shaft #1Gypsum-AnhydritePast Producer
Lycoming Calcining Co Mine #1Gypsum-AnhydritePast Producer
M. Rogers Farm Gypsum DepositGypsum-AnhydritePast Producer

Every working recorded in Livingston County

Storms near this place

22 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Caledonia in 22 storm reports between 1995 and 2026: 15 thunderstorm wind, 5 flash flood, 2 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
January 1998Flash FloodCaledonia$25,000no account filed
July 2017Flash FloodCaledonia$20,000no account filed
May 1998Thunderstorm WindCaledonia$18,000no account filed
January 2012Thunderstorm WindCaledonia$15,000Law enforcement report that a metal shed had been blown over by thunderstorm winds.
April 2004HailCaledonia$15,000no account filed
May 2004Thunderstorm WindCaledonia$15,000no account filed
August 2004Thunderstorm WindCaledonia$15,000no account filed
June 1996Flash FloodCaledonia$15,000no account filed
August 2016Thunderstorm WindCaledonia$10,000Law enforcement reported trees and wires downed by thunderstorm winds.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindCaledonia$10,000Law enforcement reported trees and wires downed by thunderstorm winds.
August 2012Thunderstorm WindCaledonia$10,000Law enforcement reported trees and wires down.
August 2009Thunderstorm WindCaledonia$10,000Trees and wires were downed by thunderstorm winds.
July 1999Thunderstorm WindCaledonia$10,000no account filed
May 1998Thunderstorm WindCaledonia$10,000no account filed
July 1995Thunderstorm WindCaledonia$10,000no account filed
July 2009Thunderstorm WindCaledonia$5,000no account filed
January 2026Thunderstorm WindCaledonia$2,000Trees and powerlines downed in Caledonia.
September 2018Thunderstorm WindCaledonia$2,000Trees and wires were reported down.
January 1998Flash FloodCaledonia$1,000no account filed
January 1998Flash FloodCaledonia$1,000no account filed
April 2022Thunderstorm WindCaledonia$500A large tree was down across Maxwell Station Road.
September 2013HailCaledonia-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Livingston 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
Menzie Crossing2.5 miles23
Taylor2.9 miles24
Baker3.2 miles23
Fraser4.2 miles23
Maxwell4.3 miles23
Toggletown4.3 miles23
Canawaugus5.0 miles23
Fowlerville5.5 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 945451. 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.