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East Genoa, New York

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Genoa town. It lies in ZIP code area 13092. The Survey maps it on the Genoa quadrangle.

East Genoa within Cayuga 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 East Genoa, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of East Genoa, surveyed 1902

On record in East Genoa

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 within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 23 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

30 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 30 fires within 5 miles of East Genoa between 2002 and 2020, burning about 20 acres in total. 4 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined19
Natural4
Debris and open burning3
Arson/incendiarism3
Smoking1

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
27 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
14 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
10 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.2 acresFire Department of New YorkNA
9 August 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
29 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
18 August 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
13 August 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
15 July 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 Cayuga 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 East Genoa: 4 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Town of Genoa PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Town of Genoa PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Town of Locke PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Town of Locke PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Cayuga County

Storms near this place

1 since 2026

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names East Genoa in 1 storm report in 2026: 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
March 2026Flash FloodEast Genoa$5,000An email was received with photos showing water rushing across Locke Road near Locke, NY and impacting travel.

Every storm recorded in Cayuga 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
Goosetree1.7 miles25
Pine Hollow2.1 miles25
Genoa2.2 miles23
East Venice3.1 miles23
Little Hollow3.6 miles23
Five Corners3.8 miles23
Locke4.1 miles25
Weekes Corner4.4 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.

Wikidata item Q122539901The 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 949080. 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.