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Fayette, New York

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Fayette town. It lies in ZIP code area 13148. The Survey maps it on the Romulus quadrangle.

Fayette 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 Fayette, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Fayette, surveyed 1902

On record in Fayette

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 3 records

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

47 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 47 fires within 5 miles of Fayette between 2000 and 2020, burning about 60 acres in total. None started naturally. 20 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/incendiarism20
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Debris and open burning9
Equipment and vehicle use3
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
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
10 September 2016Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
9 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 August 2001Debris and open burning1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
7 August 2009Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 August 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Seneca County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Fayette: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Salt, Limestone, General, 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
Seneca QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Seneca Quarry and PlantLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Solvay Well V-25SaltPast Producer

Every working recorded in Seneca County

Storms near this place

8 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fayette in 8 storm reports between 1995 and 2014: 6 thunderstorm wind, 1 funnel cloud, 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
August 2014Flash FloodFayette$125,000Water was flowing over numerous roads and into several basements throughout the central part of the county, including the hardest hit area of Fayette.
July 1997Thunderstorm WindFayette$40,000An isolated thunderstorm reached severe levels briefly along Cayuga Lake in eastern portions of the county. Strong winds downed many trees and power lines. Falling tree limbs caused minor damage to some boats anchored near the docks.
May 2013Thunderstorm WindFayette$10,000Numerous trees, power poles and electrical lines were blown down in and around Fayette by thunderstorm winds.
August 1996Thunderstorm WindFayette$5,000no account filed
June 1995Thunderstorm WindFayette$3,000no account filed
June 2007Thunderstorm WindFayette-Several trees were blown down.
October 2001Thunderstorm WindFayette-Emergency management officials reported trees and wires blown down by thunderstorm winds in Fayette and also in the town of Varick. A small fence was also blown over.
October 2001Funnel CloudFayette-State police received a report of a funnel cloud that made a brief appearance before dissipating.

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
Kuneytown2.1 miles22
Clemsons Corners3.3 miles22
Canoga Springs3.4 miles22
McDuffie Town3.4 miles22
East Varick3.7 miles22
MacDougall3.8 miles24
Canoga4.2 miles27
Romulus4.5 miles22

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 949942. 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.