Fairport, New York
26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Perinton town. It lies in ZIP code area 14450. The Survey maps it on the Fairport quadrangle.
Then and now
1900 to 1984The 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.


On record in Fairport
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 10 records
Austin R. Conant Houselisted 2016
Henry DeLand Houselisted 1980
Minerva and Daniel DeLand Houselisted 2020
Fairport Public Librarylisted 2017
First Baptist Church of Fairportlisted 2006
First Congregational Church of Fairportlisted 2018
Thomas L. Hulburt Houselisted 2016
Wilbur Houselisted 1980- Potter Historic Districtlisted 2017
- Martin & Andrew Sperbeck Houselisted 2022
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 26 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.
- 1900 USGS Macedon quadrangle1:62500, 8 printings
- 1932 USGS Fairport quadrangle1:24000
- 1934 USGS Fairport quadrangle1:24000
- 1943 USGS Fairport quadrangle1:31680
- 1952 USGS Fairport quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1965 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Fairport quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
493 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 493 fires within 5 miles of Fairport between 2001 and 2020, burning about 311 acres in total. 37 started naturally. 54 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 | 258 |
| Smoking | 65 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 54 |
| Debris and open burning | 49 |
| Natural | 37 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 10 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
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 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 8 September 2016 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 8 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 8 September 2002 | Smoking | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
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 Fairport: 4 producers, 3 past producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Penfield Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Mendon Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Mendon Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Pittsford Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Pittsford Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Redman Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Redman Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary |
Storms near this place
8 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fairport in 8 storm reports between 1993 and 2023: 6 thunderstorm wind, 2 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fairport | $50,000 | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Fairport | $35,000 | no account filed |
| January 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fairport | $15,000 | no account filed |
| April 2004 | Hail | Fairport | $10,000 | no account filed |
| October 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fairport | $8,000 | Law enforcement reported trees and wires downed by thunderstorm winds on Crystal Spring Lane. |
| April 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fairport | $2,000 | Trees and powerlines were reported to be down at Golf Avenue and Marsh Road. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fairport | $500 | A tree was downed on Golf Avenue near the intersection of Marsh Road. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fairport | $500 | A tree was down in a yard on South Lincoln Road. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hannans Corner | 2.0 miles | 26 | |
| East Rochester | 2.5 miles | 26 | |
| East Penfield | 2.6 miles | 26 | |
| Penfield | 2.8 miles | 26 | |
| Egypt | 3.0 miles | 26 | |
| Bushnell Basin | 3.2 miles | 26 | |
| Pittsford | 3.9 miles | 32 | |
| Harper Park Rochester | 4.2 miles | 31 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 949822. 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.









