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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.

Fairport within Monroe County

Then and now

1900 to 1984

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 Fairport, surveyed 1984
Topographic sheet of Fairport, surveyed 1900

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

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 26 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

493 since 2001

Regional 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/undetermined258
Smoking65
Arson/incendiarism54
Debris and open burning49
Natural37
Equipment and vehicle use12
Power generation/transmission/distribution10
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Recreation and ceremony2

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
9 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2016Natural5.0 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
8 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2002Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Monroe County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Penfield QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Mendon PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Mendon PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Pittsford PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Pittsford PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Redman PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Redman PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Monroe County

Storms near this place

8 since 1993

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 1993Thunderstorm WindFairport$50,000no account filed
June 2008HailFairport$35,000no account filed
January 2008Thunderstorm WindFairport$15,000no account filed
April 2004HailFairport$10,000no account filed
October 2017Thunderstorm WindFairport$8,000Law enforcement reported trees and wires downed by thunderstorm winds on Crystal Spring Lane.
April 2022Thunderstorm WindFairport$2,000Trees and powerlines were reported to be down at Golf Avenue and Marsh Road.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindFairport$500A tree was downed on Golf Avenue near the intersection of Marsh Road.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindFairport$500A tree was down in a yard on South Lincoln Road.

Every storm recorded in Monroe 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
Hannans Corner2.0 miles26
East Rochester2.5 miles26
East Penfield2.6 miles26
Penfield2.8 miles26
Egypt3.0 miles26
Bushnell Basin3.2 miles26
Pittsford3.9 miles32
Harper Park Rochester4.2 miles31

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.