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Center Lisle, New York

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Lisle town. It lies in ZIP code area 13797. It stands on Culver Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lisle quadrangle.

Center Lisle within Broome County

Then and now

1903 to 1992

The same ground, surveyed 89 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Center Lisle, surveyed 1992
Topographic sheet of Center Lisle, surveyed 1903

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 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

62 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 62 fires within 5 miles of Center Lisle between 1997 and 2020, burning about 126 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 1 was 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/undetermined26
Debris and open burning25
Natural6
Equipment and vehicle use2
Other causes1
Arson/incendiarism1
Smoking1

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
2 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
12 September 2015Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
11 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 August 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
19 August 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 July 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
29 July 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
20 July 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Broome 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 Center Lisle: 1 producer, 1 prospect. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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
Harry Pease No.1 WellSaltProspect
Lee PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Broome County

Storms near this place

3 since 2019

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Center Lisle in 3 storm reports between 2019 and 2025: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. 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
June 2019Thunderstorm WindCenter Lisle$15,000Several softwood and hardwood trees were uprooted with numerous large branches snapped along County Route 8. Additional storm damage consisting of uprooted and snapped trees and large limbs extended northeast along Bull Hill Road. The downed trees primarily fell to the northeast consistent with straight-line wind damage. Maximum wind speeds from this microburst were estimated to be around 65 mph.
July 2025Flash FloodCenter Lisle$2,000Caldwell Hill Road was closed due to a washout.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindCenter Lisle$1,000Strong thunderstorm winds brought down a tree on a road.

Every storm recorded in Broome 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
Manningville0.8 miles20
Lisle3.1 miles20
Killawog3.6 miles22
Dorchester Estates5.2 miles17
Meadowbrooke Estates5.2 miles17
Whitney Point5.4 miles17
Nanticoke5.8 miles20
Upper Lisle6.1 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 946196. 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.