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Fulton, New York

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Fulton City. It lies in ZIP code area 13069. It stands on Waterhouse Creek. The Survey maps it on the Fulton quadrangle. 11,389 people lived here at the 2020 count.

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Fulton within Oswego County

Then and now

1900 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 85 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Fulton, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Fulton, surveyed 1900

On record in Fulton

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 11 records

Population over time

2 figures

Fulton fell from 11,896 to 11,389 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
201011,896
202011,389-507 (-4%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 23 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

234 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 234 fires within 5 miles of Fulton between 2000 and 2020, burning about 149 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 50 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/undetermined119
Arson/incendiarism50
Debris and open burning32
Smoking13
Natural8
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Equipment and vehicle use5
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
8 September 2007Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 September 2008Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
27 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
27 September 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
27 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
24 September 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
23 September 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
22 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Oswego 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 Fulton: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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
Fulton PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Fulton PlantLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Granby PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Oswego County

Storms near this place

37 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fulton in 37 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 25 thunderstorm wind, 7 hail, 3 flash flood, 2 heavy rain. 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 2003Thunderstorm WindFulton$250,000no account filed
May 2015Flash FloodFulton$100,000no account filed
June 2002Thunderstorm WindFulton$50,000no account filed
August 1994Thunderstorm WindFulton$50,000no account filed
June 2008Thunderstorm WindFulton$45,000no account filed
June 2014Thunderstorm WindFulton$25,000Law enforcement reported a large tree fell on a house.
June 2019Flash FloodFulton$20,000Widespread flooding was reported across the City of Fulton.
August 2015Thunderstorm WindFulton$15,000Law enforcement reported trees down by thunderstorm winds.
May 2015Thunderstorm WindFulton$15,000Law enforcement reported trees and wires down.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindFulton$15,000Law enforcement reported trees down in Fulton.
September 2008Thunderstorm WindFulton$15,000no account filed
August 1998HailFulton$13,000no account filed
June 2008Thunderstorm WindFulton$12,000no account filed
June 2024Thunderstorm WindFulton$10,000Multiple trees and wires downed in Fulton.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindFulton$10,000Law enforcement reported trees down.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindFulton$10,000A NWS employee reported trees downed by thunderstorm winds.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindFulton$10,000Law enforcement reported numerous trees and wires down.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindFulton$10,000no account filed
November 2006Thunderstorm WindFulton$10,000no account filed
May 1998Thunderstorm WindFulton$10,000no account filed
July 1995Thunderstorm WindFulton$10,000no account filed
January 2008Thunderstorm WindFulton$8,000no account filed
July 2001Thunderstorm WindFulton$8,000no account filed
August 1995Thunderstorm WindFulton$6,000Severe thunderstorms crossed the area resulting in fallen trees and power lines, nearly continuous lightning and record rainfall. In Monroe County, traffic was disrupted by flash flooding caused by over two inches of rain in a very short time. Numerous power outages were also reported.
July 1999Flash FloodFulton$5,000Thunderstorms with heavy rain repeatedly crossed southern Oswego county. The downpours resulted in flash flooding and a portion of Rte. 481 in Fulton had to be closed.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindFulton$2,000Trees and wires were downed.
September 2023Thunderstorm WindFulton$500A tree was downed in Fulton on West 4th Street.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindFulton-Wires downed, and traffic light damaged.
June 2024HailFulton-Half dollar size hail reported in Fulton.
June 2024HailFulton-Picture of ping pong ball sized hail in Fulton sent via social media.
August 2021Heavy RainFulton-Storm total rainfall that was reported during the entirety of the passage of the remnants of Tropical Storm Fred.
June 2019Heavy RainFulton-Heavy rainfall of 3.22 inches reported in Fulton.
May 2017HailFulton-no account filed
May 2017HailFulton-no account filed
May 2013HailFulton-no account filed
May 2013HailFulton-no account filed
June 2010Thunderstorm WindFulton-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Oswego 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
Granby Center2.6 miles23
Volney3.4 miles23
Ingalls Crossing3.8 miles23
Lewis Corners4.1 miles23
Bowens Corners4.1 miles23
Bundy Crossing4.4 miles22
Dexterville4.4 miles24
Mount Pleasant4.9 miles22

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on FultonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1428057The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 950794. 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.