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Fleming, New York

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

Fleming 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 Fleming, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Fleming, surveyed 1899

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

135 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 135 fires within 5 miles of Fleming between 2001 and 2020, burning about 76 acres in total. 7 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined77
Arson/incendiarism20
Smoking9
Equipment and vehicle use8
Debris and open burning8
Natural7
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Recreation and ceremony2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
8 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 September 2012Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 September 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
25 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
25 September 2015Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
19 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
11 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 Cayuga County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Fleming: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. 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
Town of Scipio PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Town of Scipio PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Cayuga County

Storms near this place

3 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fleming in 3 storm reports between 2011 and 2023: 3 thunderstorm wind. 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
May 2020Thunderstorm WindFleming$10,000Strong thunderstorm winds brought down trees.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindFleming$5,000Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down multiple trees and wires.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindFleming$5,000Trees and a telephone pole were blown down.

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
Mapleton1.9 miles26
Shumaker Crossing2.3 miles28
Sherlock Corners2.5 miles28
Wyckoff2.8 miles26
Owasco Lake Station2.9 miles26
Highland Beach3.3 miles28
Elmwood3.6 miles26
Melrose Park3.7 miles28

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 950272. 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.