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Genoa, New York

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Genoa town. It lies in ZIP code area 13071. The Survey maps it on the Genoa quadrangle.

Genoa within Cayuga 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 Genoa, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Genoa, surveyed 1902

On record in Genoa

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 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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

36 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 36 fires within 5 miles of Genoa between 2004 and 2020, burning about 42 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 5 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/undetermined13
Debris and open burning9
Natural7
Arson/incendiarism5
Smoking1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
27 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
26 September 2016Debris and open burning6.3 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
9 August 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
2 August 2020Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
18 August 2020Natural5.0 acresFire Department of New YorkNA
18 August 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
6 July 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
20 July 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A

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 Genoa: 2 past producers. 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
Town of Genoa PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Town of Genoa PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Cayuga County

Storms near this place

6 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Genoa in 6 storm reports between 1997 and 2026: 5 thunderstorm wind, 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
July 1997Thunderstorm WindGenoa$10,000A thunderstorm pulsed to severe levels over extreme southern Cayuga county. A few trees and power lines were blown down in the town of Genoa before the cell weakened.
March 2026Flash FloodEast Genoa$5,000An email was received with photos showing water rushing across Locke Road near Locke, NY and impacting travel.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindGenoa$5,000Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down multiple trees along State Route 90.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindGenoa$5,000Trees fell on houses, and trees and wires were blown down in Genoa and Locke.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindGenoa$2,000Trees were blown down.
November 2006Thunderstorm WindGenoa$1,000Scattered trees 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
Little Hollow1.7 miles23
East Genoa2.2 miles23
East Venice2.5 miles23
Weekes Corner2.6 miles23
Five Corners3.0 miles23
Pine Hollow3.0 miles25
Goosetree3.4 miles25
Bowers Corner3.4 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 951002. 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.