East Palmyra, New York
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Palmyra town. It lies in ZIP code area 14522. It lies near Beals Hill. The Survey maps it on the Palmyra quadrangle.
Then and now
1899 to 1984The same ground, surveyed 85 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


On record in East Palmyra
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 1 record
East Palmyra Presbyterian Churchlisted 2002
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 20 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1899 USGS Palmyra quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1902 USGS Palmyra quadrangle1:62500, 7 printings
- 1943 USGS Palmyra quadrangle1:31680
- 1952 USGS Palmyra quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1965 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
197 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 197 fires within 5 miles of East Palmyra between 2001 and 2020, burning about 148 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 36 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/undetermined | 109 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 36 |
| Debris and open burning | 18 |
| Natural | 12 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 5 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 3 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 3 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 24 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 24 September 2009 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 19 September 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 17 September 2018 | Smoking | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of East Palmyra: 4 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gypsum-Anhydrite. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blackmar's Quarry | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Past Producer | ||
| Port Gibson Quarries | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Past Producer | ||
| Winslow Heth Quarry | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Past Producer | ||
| Abam Cleason Co. Sand & Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Graf Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Highway Dept Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Palmyra Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2016Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names East Palmyra in 2 storm reports between 2016 and 2018: 2 thunderstorm wind. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | East Palmyra | $15,000 | Law enforcement reported downed trees blocking roads. |
| August 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | East Palmyra | $1,000 | Several trees were reported down between Palmyra and Newark. |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trolley Bed Road Park | 2.8 miles | 20 | |
| Hydesville | 2.8 miles | 22 | |
| Newark | 4.2 miles | 22 | |
| Palmyra | 4.3 miles | 20 | |
| Cooney Crossing | 4.3 miles | 20 | |
| Mud Mills | 4.4 miles | 22 | |
| Marion | 4.4 miles | 21 | |
| Marquart Village | 4.5 miles | 20 |
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 East Palmyra | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q19461484 | The 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 970101. 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.







