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Gracie, New York

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Cortlandville town. It lies in ZIP code area 13045. The Survey maps it on the Cortland quadrangle.

Gracie within Cortland County

Then and now

1903 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 83 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Gracie, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Gracie, surveyed 1903

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

99 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 99 fires within 5 miles of Gracie between 2000 and 2020, burning about 78 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 4 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/undetermined54
Debris and open burning15
Smoking9
Natural5
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Arson/incendiarism4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Recreation and ceremony2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
8 September 2014Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 September 2007Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
18 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
17 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
1 September 2012Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cortland 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 Gracie: 2 producers. All of them still produce. 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
Mc Connels PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Mcconnell PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Cortland County

Storms near this place

4 since 2013

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gracie in 4 storm reports between 2013 and 2025: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. The reports record 1 injury. 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
June 2024Thunderstorm WindGracie1 hurt, $59,000A strong microburst with estimated wind speeds of 60-85 mph winds, and an estimated peak wind of 95 mph, occurred from the Tompkins and Cortland County border, near Sweetland Road and Nye Road, and ended north of Marathon on the evening of June 22nd. Multiple medium to large trees were observed being uprooted or snapped, as well as some tree damage resulting in property damage. A tree house collapsed due to multiple large trees snapping and falling, resulting in 1 reported injury. A small metal roof gazebo was also lofted 30 feet away from a house.
July 2013Flash FloodGracie$15,000Heavy rain caused rushing water, trees and debris to flow across most roads in the city of Cortland.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindGracie$5,000Strong thunderstorm winds brought down large tree branches on McCloy Road.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindGracie$2,500Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down trees and wires on Old Groton Road.

Every storm recorded in Cortland 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
South Cortland1.4 miles23
Munsons Corners2.4 miles23
Cortland4.4 miles23
Virgil4.8 miles23
Homer6.2 miles22
Pokeville6.4 miles23
Blodgett Mills6.5 miles23
Loring Crossing6.9 miles22

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 972557. 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.