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Granby Center, New York

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Granby town. It lies in ZIP code area 13069. It stands on Pine Hill Creek. The Survey maps it on the Fulton quadrangle.

Granby Center 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 Granby Center, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Granby Center, surveyed 1900

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

217 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 217 fires within 5 miles of Granby Center between 2000 and 2020, burning about 142 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 47 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/undetermined108
Arson/incendiarism47
Debris and open burning32
Smoking12
Natural7
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Equipment and vehicle use5
Recreation and ceremony1

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
21 September 2003Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

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 Granby Center: 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

17 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Granby Center in 17 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 16 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
August 1994Thunderstorm WindGranby Center$50,000no account filed
August 2003Thunderstorm WindGranby Center$35,000no account filed
August 2001Thunderstorm WindGranby Center$28,000no account filed
June 2014Thunderstorm WindGranby Center$15,000Thunderstorm winds downed trees in Granby Center.
September 2013Thunderstorm WindGranby Center$15,000Law enforcement reported trees and wires down.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindGranby Center$15,000no account filed
August 2001Thunderstorm WindGranby Center$12,000no account filed
June 2024Thunderstorm WindGranby Center$10,000Multiple trees and wires downed in Granby.
August 2017Thunderstorm WindGranby Center$10,000Law enforcement reported trees and wires downed by thunderstorm winds.
August 2016Thunderstorm WindGranby Center$10,000Law enforcement reported trees and wires downed by thunderstorm winds.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindGranby Center$10,000A trained spotter reported trees and wires down.
September 2012Thunderstorm WindGranby Center$10,000Law enforcement reported trees and wires down.
August 2004Thunderstorm WindGranby Center$10,000no account filed
July 1999Thunderstorm WindGranby Center$10,000no account filed
July 2023Thunderstorm WindGranby Center$2,000Trees and wires were downed.
August 2022Thunderstorm WindGranby Center$2,000Trees and wires were downed.
August 2024Flash FloodGranby Center-A few roads closed in the Town of Granby due to Flash Flooding.

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
Dexterville1.9 miles24
Fulton2.6 miles23
Lewis Corners2.6 miles23
Pember Corners3.1 miles24
Bowens Corners3.5 miles23
Fairdale3.9 miles24
Bundy Crossing4.0 miles22
North Hannibal4.4 miles24

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.

Wikidata item Q122548118The 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 951472. 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.