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Florence, New York

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Florence town. It lies in ZIP code area 13316. It stands on Smith Brook. The Survey maps it on the Florence quadrangle.

Florence within Oneida County

Then and now

1905 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 80 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Florence, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Florence, surveyed 1905

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 19 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

16 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Florence between 2004 and 2018, burning about 14 acres in total. 2 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Smoking5
Debris and open burning2
Natural2
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
11 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
20 August 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 June 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
2 June 2018Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
7 May 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
2 May 2018Debris and open burning1.3 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
1 May 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 April 2005Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Oneida County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Florence: 1 past producer. None of them 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
Meaghgr Gravel BedSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Oneida County

Storms near this place

6 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Florence in 6 storm reports between 1995 and 2026: 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning, 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
October 2017Thunderstorm WindFlorence$50,000A line of thunderstorms produced damaging wind gusts which knocked down trees which blocked roadways in northwest Oneida County.
July 1996Thunderstorm WindFlorence$15,000no account filed
March 2026Flash FloodFlorence$10,000The public reported that several roads are flooded in the area.
August 1995Thunderstorm WindFlorence$5,000no account filed
June 2021Thunderstorm WindFlorence$2,000Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down a large tree on wires.
August 2001LightningFlorence-Newspaper reports indicate a barn on Route 285 was destroyed by a fire caused by a lightning strike. The fire killed several pigs and chickens and damaged a tractor.

Every storm recorded in Oneida 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
Florence Hill2.5 miles21
Empeyville4.5 miles19
Westdale4.9 miles21
Camden7.2 miles19
Hillsboro8.8 miles21
Glenmore8.8 miles19
Preston Hill8.8 miles21
Blennes Corner9.5 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 950299. 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.