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Edgewater, New York

28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Scipio town. It lies in ZIP code area 13021. It stands on Owasco Inlet. The Survey maps it on the Owasco quadrangle.

Edgewater within Cayuga County

Then and now

1899 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 87 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Edgewater, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Edgewater, surveyed 1899

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 28 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

32 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 32 fires within 5 miles of Edgewater between 2002 and 2020, burning about 38 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 1 was 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
Debris and open burning14
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Natural4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Smoking1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
31 August 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
2 August 2020Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
18 August 2020Natural5.0 acresFire Department of New YorkNA
9 July 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
6 July 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
4 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresFire Department of New YorkNA
4 July 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
4 July 2010Missing 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 Edgewater: 3 producers, 1 past producer. 3 still produce. 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
Scipio-O'Toole PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Town of Scipio PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Town of Scipio PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Venice-O'Toole PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Cayuga County

Storms near this place

2 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Edgewater in 2 storm reports between 2004 and 2012: 1 tornado, 1 hail. 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
April 2004Tornado (F0)Edgewater$100,000A small tornado touched down briefly in the southeast part of the town of Scipio in southern Cayuga County near Mathers Road. The tornado tracked east southeast before lifting before it hit the southern end of Owasco Lake. The tornado's path length was about one half mile long with a width of about 75 yards. Maximum winds with this tornado were estimated to be 70 mph. The tornado knocked down or uprooted many trees along its path. There was also minor damage to about 10 structures. Most of the structural damage was to shingles and siding. There was 1 home that had part of its roof blown off. A small boat was overturned and a row boat was blown up into a tree by the tornado. Other areas of southern Cayuga County had damage from straight line thunderstorm winds.
September 2012HailEdgewater-no account filed

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
Ashland0.4 miles28
Indian Cove0.8 miles28
Cascade1.0 miles28
Casowasco1.3 miles28
Southeast Owasco1.3 miles28
Ensenore2.2 miles26
Omro2.8 miles28
Owasco Hill2.9 miles25

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 972441. 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.