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Cincinnatus, New York

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Cincinnatus town. It lies in ZIP code area 13040. It stands on Mead Brook. The Survey maps it on the Cincinnatus quadrangle.

Cincinnatus within Cortland County

Then and now

1904 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 82 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Cincinnatus, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Cincinnatus, surveyed 1904

On record in Cincinnatus

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 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 16 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

54 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 54 fires within 5 miles of Cincinnatus between 1995 and 2020, burning about 93 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 3 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
Debris and open burning23
Missing data/not specified/undetermined18
Arson/incendiarism3
Recreation and ceremony3
Natural2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Smoking2
Fireworks1

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
4 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
14 September 2002Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
27 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNew York Forest Rangersnot named
24 August 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
20 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
19 August 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
18 August 1995Debris and open burning1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
9 July 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cortland County

Storms near this place

24 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cincinnatus in 24 storm reports between 1993 and 2024: 16 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 2 flash flood, 1 tornado. 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 1998Tornado (F1)Cincinnatus$150,000A severe thunderstorm that had produced wind damage and hail just a short time prior in the town of Taylor became tornadic over Cincinnatus. Post-storm damage surveys indicate that the tornado touchdown was brief with snapped off trees and some house damage incurred. One home had its roof almost completely torn off with the front porch also heavily damaged from falling trees. The swath of damage was only just over 100 yards long with evidence of tornadic winds becoming discontinuous downstream.
August 1993Thunderstorm WindCincinnatus$50,000no account filed
October 2019Flash FloodCincinnatus$25,000A bridge was reported washed out near the Cortland and Chenago county line.
December 2020Flash FloodCincinnatus$15,000Numerous roads flooded in the area with rocks and debris in many areas.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindCincinnatus$10,000Strong thunderstorm winds brought down a tree on a house on Telephone Road near Knickerbocker Road.
May 2004Thunderstorm WindCincinnatus$10,000Thunderstorm winds downed trees and wires.
May 1998Thunderstorm WindCincinnatus$10,000A thunderstorm quickly intensified to severe limits late in the afternoon over eastern portions of the county. Numerous trees were blown down in Cincinnatus at 5:52 pm EDT.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindCincinnatus$7,000Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down a couple of large trees and a small pavilion partially collapsed.
October 2020Thunderstorm WindCincinnatus$5,000Strong thunderstorm winds brought down poles on NY-23 near the Cincinnatus post office.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindCincinnatus$5,000Strong thunderstorm winds brought down a tree across a road.
August 1995Thunderstorm WindCincinnatus$5,000no account filed
June 1994Thunderstorm WindCincinnatus$5,000no account filed
June 2007Thunderstorm WindCincinnatus$4,000Wires were blown down. A tree fell on a house.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindCincinnatus$2,500Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down trees.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindCincinnatus$2,000Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down trees and wires.
November 2005Thunderstorm WindCincinnatus$2,000Thunderstorm winds downed trees and wires.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindCincinnatus$1,000Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down a tree onto a utility pole on Route 41.
August 2017HailCincinnatus$1,000A thunderstorm developed over the area and produced dime to quarter sized hail.
August 2009Thunderstorm WindCincinnatus$1,000Several trees were blown down.
April 2004Thunderstorm WindCincinnatus$1,000Thunderstorm winds knocked down a light pole.
April 2004HailCincinnatus-Three quarter inch hail.
August 2008HailCincinnatus-no account filed
June 2006FloodCincinnatus-no account filed
May 1996HailCincinnatus-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Cortland 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
Lower Cincinnatus0.7 miles16
Taylor1.7 miles16
Gee Brook2.6 miles16
Taylor Valley4.6 miles16
East Freetown4.9 miles16
Georgetown5.0 miles15
Willet5.1 miles15
Taylor Center5.2 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 946699. 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.

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.