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.
Then and now
1895 to 1994The 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.


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
William Covert Cobblestone Farmhouselisted 1995
Our Mother of Sorrows Roman Catholic Church Complexlisted 1989
William A. Payne Houselisted 2012- Koda-Vista Historic Districtlisted 2019
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 32 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1895 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:62500
- 1898 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1912 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1920 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1931 USGS Rochester West quadrangle1:24000
- 1935 USGS Rochester West quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1952 USGS Rochester West quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1965 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Rochester West quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1984 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Rochester West quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
1,694 since 2000Regional 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/undetermined | 894 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 276 |
| Smoking | 275 |
| Natural | 78 |
| Debris and open burning | 60 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 37 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 36 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 17 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 16 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 5 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 9 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 9 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 9 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 9 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 9 September 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 8 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 8 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gates Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Chester Peacock Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Gp-9 Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
25 since 1996Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 1996 | Lightning | Greece | 1 hurt | no account filed |
| August 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greece | $35,000 | no account filed |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greece | $25,000 | Thunderstorm winds knocked a tree onto a house on Tarwood Drive in Gates. |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greece | $25,000 | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Flash Flood | Greece | $20,000 | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greece | $20,000 | no account filed |
| September 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greece | $15,000 | Law enforcement reported trees and wires down near Ridge Road West. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greece | $15,000 | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greece | $15,000 | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greece | $15,000 | no account filed |
| August 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greece | $15,000 | no account filed |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greece | $10,000 | Thunderstorm winds down trees on Pasadena Drive in Gates. |
| August 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greece | $10,000 | Law enforcement reported wires downed by thunderstorm winds. |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greece | $10,000 | Thunderstorms winds downed numerous trees and power lines. |
| April 2006 | Hail | Greece | $8,000 | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Lightning | Greece | $5,000 | no account filed |
| April 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greece | $2,000 | Trees and wires downed. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greece | $2,000 | Trees and wires were reported down. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greece | $2,000 | Trees and wires were reported down. |
| March 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greece | $1,000 | Tree down on wires in Greece. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greece | - | Three limbs downed on Maiden Road near NY-390. |
| August 2013 | Hail | Greece | - | no account filed |
| August 2011 | Hail | Greece | - | no account filed |
| September 2010 | Hail | Greece | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Greece | - | no account filed |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Gates | 2.3 miles | 32 | |
| South Greece | 2.4 miles | 32 | |
| Uptonville | 2.6 miles | 32 | |
| Barnard | 2.7 miles | 32 | |
| Elmgrove | 2.8 miles | 32 | |
| Mount Read | 3.5 miles | 27 | |
| West Greece | 3.5 miles | 24 | |
| North Greece | 3.7 miles | 27 |
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.












