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Clarendon, New York

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Clarendon town. It lies in ZIP code area 14470. The Survey maps it on the Holley quadrangle.

Clarendon within Orleans County

Then and now

1897 to 1984

The same ground, surveyed 87 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Clarendon, surveyed 1984
Topographic sheet of Clarendon, surveyed 1897

On record in Clarendon

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 3 records

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 19 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

107 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 107 fires within 5 miles of Clarendon between 2001 and 2020, burning about 67 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 42 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
Arson/incendiarism42
Missing data/not specified/undetermined35
Debris and open burning15
Natural9
Smoking3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Equipment and vehicle use1

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 2014Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
21 September 2003Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
19 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
19 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
12 September 2008Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
1 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresFire Department of New YorkNA
26 August 2006Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Orleans County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Clarendon: 3 producers, 3 past producers, 1 prospect. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Lead, Zinc, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General. 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
Holly Quarry and MillLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Barre Sand, Inc.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Brockport Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Clarendon QuarryStone, Crushed/Broken, Lead, ZincPast Producer
Holly QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Manning Peat Bog ProspectsLead, ZincProspect
Mcnall QuarryStone, Crushed/Broken, Lead, ZincPast Producer

Every working recorded in Orleans County

Storms near this place

3 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Clarendon in 3 storm reports between 1998 and 2020: 2 thunderstorm wind, 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
September 1998HailClarendon$100,000no account filed
August 2016Thunderstorm WindClarendon$15,000Law enforcement report wires downed by thunderstorm winds on Powerline Road.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindClarendon$500A tree was reported down at route 237 and Lake Road.

Every storm recorded in Orleans 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
Manning1.7 miles19
Bennetts Corners2.5 miles19
Thomas Estates West2.9 miles19
Holley3.0 miles19
Honest Hill3.3 miles19
Fancher3.8 miles19
Hulberton4.1 miles16
East Barre4.6 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 946741. 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.