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Conesus, New York

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Conesus town. It lies in ZIP code area 14435. The Survey maps it on the Conesus quadrangle. 283 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,010 feet above sea level.

Conesus within Livingston County

Then and now

1902 to 1983

The same ground, surveyed 81 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Conesus, surveyed 1983
Topographic sheet of Conesus, surveyed 1902

On record in Conesus

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

10 surveys from 22 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

102 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 102 fires within 5 miles of Conesus between 2003 and 2020, burning about 124 acres in total. 14 started naturally. 9 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/undetermined58
Natural14
Debris and open burning13
Arson/incendiarism9
Equipment and vehicle use3
Smoking3
Recreation and ceremony2

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
30 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
27 September 2020Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreNew York Forest RangersHEMLOCK LAKE TRES FIRE
24 September 2020Arson/incendiarismunder an acreNew York Forest RangersHEMLOCK LAKE DOS FIRE
23 September 2019Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
21 September 2020Arson/incendiarismunder an acreNew York Forest RangersHEMLOCK LAKE FIRE
21 September 2014Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
21 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 August 2006Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire 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

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Conesus: 4 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Salt, Natural Gas. 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
Harold Hunt No.1 WellSalt, Natural GasPast Producer
Livonia Salt ShaftSaltPast Producer
Highway Department PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Highway Department PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Highway Department PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Highway Department PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Livingston County

Storms near this place

14 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Conesus in 14 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 11 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 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
May 2004Flash FloodConesus$200,000no account filed
June 1998Flash FloodConesus$35,000no account filed
May 1998Thunderstorm WindConesus$15,000no account filed
April 2019Thunderstorm WindConesus$10,000Roof damage was reported to a home.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindConesus$10,000Law enforcement reported trees and wires downed by thunderstorm winds.
September 2012Thunderstorm WindConesus$10,000Law enforcement reported trees and wires down.
June 1998HailConesus$8,000no account filed
March 2025Thunderstorm WindConesus$5,000Trees and wires downed in the Town of Conesus.
July 1995Thunderstorm WindConesus$5,000no account filed
July 2022Thunderstorm WindConesus$2,000Trees and powerlines downed.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindConesus$2,000Trees and wires down onto South Livonia Road.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindConesus$2,000Trees and wires were reported down.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindConesus$1,000Trees and power lines were reported down.
November 2011Thunderstorm WindConesus-Emergency Management reported trees and lines downed by the thunderstorm winds.

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
Union Corners0.7 miles22
Walkleys Landing1.8 miles22
Foots Corners1.9 miles22
Maple Beach2.8 miles22
Excelsior Springs3.0 miles23
Cottonwood Point3.4 miles23
Sunny Shores3.5 miles23
South Livonia3.6 miles23

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on ConesusAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5782655The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 947262. 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.