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Greece, New York

32 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Greece town. It lies in ZIP code area 14626. It lies near Craig Hill. The Survey maps it on the Rochester West quadrangle.

Greece within Monroe County

Then and now

1895 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 99 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Greece, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Greece, surveyed 1895

Compare 1895 against another survey:

On record in Greece

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 4 records

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 32 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

1,694 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1,694 fires within 5 miles of Greece between 2000 and 2020, burning about 1,015 acres in total. 78 started naturally. 276 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/undetermined894
Arson/incendiarism276
Smoking275
Natural78
Debris and open burning60
Equipment and vehicle use37
Misuse of fire by a minor36
Power generation/transmission/distribution17
Recreation and ceremony16
Railroad operations and maintenance5

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
9 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
8 September 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Monroe 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 Greece: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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
Gates QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Chester Peacock PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Gp-9 PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Monroe County

Storms near this place

25 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Greece in 25 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 17 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 2 lightning, 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
July 1996LightningGreece1 hurtno account filed
August 1998Thunderstorm WindGreece$35,000no account filed
May 2017Thunderstorm WindGreece$25,000Thunderstorm winds knocked a tree onto a house on Tarwood Drive in Gates.
July 1999Thunderstorm WindGreece$25,000no account filed
June 2005Flash FloodGreece$20,000no account filed
June 2002Thunderstorm WindGreece$20,000no account filed
September 2009Thunderstorm WindGreece$15,000Law enforcement reported trees and wires down near Ridge Road West.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindGreece$15,000no account filed
May 2004Thunderstorm WindGreece$15,000no account filed
July 1999Thunderstorm WindGreece$15,000no account filed
August 1998Thunderstorm WindGreece$15,000no account filed
May 2017Thunderstorm WindGreece$10,000Thunderstorm winds down trees on Pasadena Drive in Gates.
August 2016Thunderstorm WindGreece$10,000Law enforcement reported wires downed by thunderstorm winds.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindGreece$10,000Thunderstorms winds downed numerous trees and power lines.
April 2006HailGreece$8,000no account filed
May 2004LightningGreece$5,000no account filed
April 2025Thunderstorm WindGreece$2,000Trees and wires downed.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindGreece$2,000Trees and wires were reported down.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindGreece$2,000Trees and wires were reported down.
March 2025Thunderstorm WindGreece$1,000Tree down on wires in Greece.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindGreece-Three limbs downed on Maiden Road near NY-390.
August 2013HailGreece-no account filed
August 2011HailGreece-no account filed
September 2010HailGreece-no account filed
June 2009HailGreece-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Monroe 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
North Gates2.3 miles32
South Greece2.4 miles32
Uptonville2.6 miles32
Barnard2.7 miles32
Elmgrove2.8 miles32
Mount Read3.5 miles27
West Greece3.5 miles24
North Greece3.7 miles27

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 951655. 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.