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Dundee, New York

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Starkey town. It lies in ZIP code area 14837. It lies near Crystal Valley. The Survey maps it on the Dundee quadrangle.

Dundee 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 Dundee, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Dundee, surveyed 1902

On record in Dundee

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

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

81 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 81 fires within 5 miles of Dundee between 1992 and 2020, burning about 72 acres in total. 9 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/undetermined37
Debris and open burning20
Natural9
Arson/incendiarism6
Equipment and vehicle use3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Smoking2
Recreation and ceremony1
Other causes1

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
7 August 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
5 August 2005Other causesunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 August 2005Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
19 August 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
19 August 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
15 August 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
15 August 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
14 August 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Yates 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 Dundee: 4 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Halite, 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
Seneca Lake MineHalitePast ProducerHalite
Seneca Lake MineSaltPast Producer
Claude Pulver PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Holly PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Holly PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Holly PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Yates County

Storms near this place

10 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dundee in 10 storm reports between 2000 and 2023: 7 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 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
August 2003Flash FloodDundee$100,000Very heavy rainfall from slow-moving thunderstorms caused flash flooding of small streams leading to numerous road closures in southeast Yates County. Rainfall amounts were on the order of 3 to 4 inches in a 3 hour period. Several roads were undermined and damaged by the flood waters. At one point most roads in the village of Dundee, and the towns of Barrington and Starkey were either closed or impassable.
May 2020Thunderstorm WindDundee$5,000Strong thunderstorm winds brought down a tree, blocking Walter Road.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindDundee$3,000Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down trees and wires.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindDundee$2,500Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down trees on Route 14A near the racetrack.
August 2012Thunderstorm WindDundee$2,000A tree was blown down on a house.
November 2005Thunderstorm WindDundee$2,000Thunderstorm winds downed trees and wires.
July 2005Thunderstorm WindDundee$1,000Thunderstorm winds downed a few large trees at a residence.
June 2000Thunderstorm WindDundee-Law enforcement officers reported large limbs and wires down in Dundee.
May 2014HailDundee-no account filed
August 2012HailDundee-no 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
Lakemont2.6 miles24
Starkey2.9 miles24
Porter Corner3.5 miles22
Glenora3.6 miles30
Rock Stream4.4 miles30
Barrington4.5 miles22
Crystal Spring4.7 miles21
Himrod4.7 miles24

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 948784. 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.