East Syracuse, New York
29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1985. It stands in DeWitt town. It lies in ZIP code area 13057. The Survey maps it on the Syracuse East quadrangle. 3,078 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 433 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1895 to 1985The same ground, surveyed 90 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Population over time
2 figuresEast Syracuse fell from 3,084 to 3,078 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 3,084 | |
| 2020 | 3,078 | -6 (-0%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 29 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.
- 1895 USGS Syracuse quadrangle1:62500
- 1898 USGS Syracuse quadrangle1:62500, 10 printings
- 1938 USGS Syracuse East quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Syracuse East quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Syracuse East quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1965 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:250000
- 1977 USGS Syracuse East quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Syracuse quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
397 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 397 fires within 5 miles of East Syracuse between 2000 and 2020, burning about 254 acres in total. 30 started naturally. 55 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 | 205 |
| Smoking | 55 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 55 |
| Natural | 30 |
| Debris and open burning | 21 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 8 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2011 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 8 September 2008 | Smoking | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 6 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 6 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 6 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 6 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 5 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 4 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Fire Department of New York | NA |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 18 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of East Syracuse: 15 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Gypsum-Anhydrite, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Calcium, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jamesville Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Jamesville Quarry | Calcium | Producer | ||
| Jamesville Quarry & Cement Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Jamesville Quarry and Mill | Calcium | Past Producer | Calcite | |
| Minoa Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Rock Cut Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Taylor Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Gypsum Quarry | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Gypsum Quarry | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Gypsum Quarry | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
16 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names East Syracuse in 16 storm reports between 2001 and 2021: 8 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 3 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2015 | Flash Flood | East Syracuse | $500,000 | Numerous vehicles were stranded in deep, ponded water throughout the City of Syracuse. |
| April 2005 | Flash Flood | East Syracuse | $50,000 | no account filed |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | East Syracuse | $30,000 | Numerous trees were blown down on houses. |
| August 2021 | Flash Flood | East Syracuse | $20,000 | Serious urban flooding was reported from East Syracuse across the southern sections of the City of Syracuse and portions of Onondaga county. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | East Syracuse | $20,000 | A confirmed microburst produced winds of between 65 and 75 MPH in East Syracuse. Widespread tree damage and a few snapped power poles occurred. |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | East Syracuse | $15,000 | A thunderstorm moved across the region and became severe. This thunderstorm produced severe winds and tore the roof off Syracuse Diesel and Electric. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | East Syracuse | $5,000 | Strong thunderstorm winds brought down power lines at Smith Street and near Thompson Road. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | East Syracuse | $1,000 | Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down tree onto wires. |
| September 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | East Syracuse | $1,000 | Power lines were blown down across Caleb Avenue. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | East Syracuse | $1,000 | Large tree limbs and power lines were blown down. |
| May 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | East Syracuse | - | Pea-sized hail and wind gusts to 50 MPH were reported by a television meteorologist. |
| August 2011 | Hail | East Syracuse | - | no account filed |
| August 2011 | Hail | East Syracuse | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Hail | East Syracuse | - | no account filed |
| August 2011 | Hail | East Syracuse | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | East Syracuse | - | no account filed |
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.
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 Syracuse | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3453158 | 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 949253. 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.









