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East Varick, New York

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Varick town. It lies in ZIP code area 14541. It stands on Red Creek. The Survey maps it on the Romulus quadrangle.

East Varick within Seneca 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 Varick, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of East Varick, surveyed 1902

On record in East Varick

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

8 surveys from 22 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

48 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 48 fires within 5 miles of East Varick between 2000 and 2020, burning about 49 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 22 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
Arson/incendiarism22
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Debris and open burning6
Equipment and vehicle use4
Natural3
Recreation and ceremony1

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
20 September 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
2 September 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
13 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 August 2001Debris and open burning1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
6 August 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
19 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
19 August 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 July 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Seneca County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of East Varick: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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
Aurora WellSaltPast Producer

Every working recorded in Seneca County

Storms near this place

2 since 2015

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names East Varick in 2 storm reports between 2015 and 2026: 1 thunderstorm wind, 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
June 2015Thunderstorm WindEast Varick$20,000A severe thunderstorm moved over the area and produced severe winds which resulted in multiple trees, wires and limbs down over the area.
March 2026Flash FloodEast Varick$2,000Officials reported the closure of NY State Route 89 near Ernsberger Road due to flooding.

Every storm recorded in Seneca 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
McDuffie Town1.2 miles22
Marsh Corner2.4 miles25
Poplar Beach3.1 miles25
Romulus3.6 miles22
Fayette3.7 miles22
Kuneytown4.6 miles22
Elm Beach4.9 miles23
Hayt Corners5.2 miles25

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 VarickAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q56276175The 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 949262. 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.