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Dresden, New York

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Torrey town. It lies in ZIP code area 14441. It stands on Keuka Lake Outlet. The Survey maps it on the Dresden quadrangle. 293 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 509 feet above sea level.

Dresden within Yates County

Then and now

1902 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 84 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Dresden, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Dresden, surveyed 1902

On record in Dresden

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 2 records

Population over time

2 figures

Dresden fell from 308 to 293 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
2010308
2020293-15 (-5%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 24 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

46 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 46 fires within 5 miles of Dresden between 2002 and 2020, burning about 15 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 6 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/undetermined27
Arson/incendiarism6
Natural4
Smoking4
Debris and open burning3
Equipment and vehicle use1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
5 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
29 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
25 August 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
20 August 2007Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
16 August 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
16 August 2007Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
25 July 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
23 July 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Yates County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Dresden: 2 past producers, 1 producer, 1 plant. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Salt, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Zirconium. 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
Hansen PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Transelco/ Dresden, N.Y.ZirconiumPlant
J.Sanderson No.1 WellSaltPast Producer
J.T.Andrews No.1 WellSaltPast Producer

Every working recorded in Yates County

Storms near this place

8 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dresden in 8 storm reports between 1993 and 2022: 6 thunderstorm wind, 2 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
September 2017Flash FloodDresden$50,000A seasonal cabin was destroyed by a torrent of water, rocks and mud debris sliding down a steep hillside on the western shore of Seneca Lake.
September 2017Flash FloodDresden$40,000A lakeside home was damaged by a torrent of water and debris sliding down a steep hillside on the western shore of Seneca Lake. A portion of the foundation was destroyed, and the lower floor of the residence was filled with mud and debris.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindDresden$10,000Strong thunderstorm winds brought down several trees.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindDresden$7,000Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down multiple trees and wires.
September 2013Thunderstorm WindDresden$5,000Trees and wires were blown down on Cornelia Street.
August 1993Thunderstorm WindDresden$5,000Thunderstorms developed in a moist flow ahead of a cold front. The thunderstorm winds downed trees and power lines. Hail up to 1.00 inch in diameter was reported with the storms. Some structural damage was reported from fallen trees and limbs.
August 2022Thunderstorm WindDresden$3,000Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down trees and wires on David Downey Road.
June 1995Thunderstorm WindDresden$2,000no account filed

Every storm recorded in Yates 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
Mays Mills2.3 miles24
Seneca Mills3.1 miles22
Angus3.6 miles24
Milo Mills4.1 miles22
Milo Center4.1 miles24
Kenka Mills4.6 miles22
Randall Crossing4.7 miles24
Benton5.2 miles22

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 DresdenAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1766514The 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 948642. 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.