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Gypsum, New York

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Manchester town. It lies in ZIP code area 14432. It stands on Sulphur Creek. The Survey maps it on the Clifton Springs quadrangle.

Gypsum within Ontario County

Then and now

1902 to 1983

The same ground, surveyed 81 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Gypsum, surveyed 1983
Topographic sheet of Gypsum, surveyed 1902

On record in Gypsum

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 within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 21 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

158 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 158 fires within 5 miles of Gypsum between 2002 and 2020, burning about 101 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 44 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/undetermined80
Arson/incendiarism44
Debris and open burning10
Equipment and vehicle use9
Natural8
Smoking4
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
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
7 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
3 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
27 September 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
24 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
19 September 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
17 September 2018Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Ontario County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 18 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Gypsum: 11 past producers, 7 producers. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gypsum-Anhydrite. 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
Blackmar's QuarryGypsum-AnhydritePast Producer
Phelps QuarryGypsum-AnhydritePast Producer
Port Gibson QuarriesGypsum-AnhydritePast Producer
Winslow Heth QuarryGypsum-AnhydritePast Producer
Gravel Pit No. 11Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Jansen PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Jansen PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Mackenzie Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Manchester Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Manchester PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Ontario County

Storms near this place

6 since 2025

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gypsum in 6 storm reports in 2025: 6 thunderstorm wind. 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
April 2025Thunderstorm WindGypsum$500Large tree downed blocking Route 88.
April 2025Thunderstorm WindGypsum-A garage was destroyed.
April 2025Thunderstorm WindGypsum-Roof damage occurred to several barns.
April 2025Thunderstorm WindGypsum-The National Weather Service conducted a storm survey to examine damage in the Town of Phelps in Ontario County from April 29, 2025. Extensive hardwood tree damage was evident along McBurney Road just to the north of the New York State Thruway approximately two miles west of State Route 88. Tree damage continued down McBurney Road until about half of a mile before Falkey Road. Tree damage was evident along both sides of Stryker Road to the north of McBurney Road with multiple hardwood trees losing numerous large branches. In addition, there was extensive structural damage to multiple buildings on a farm at the corner of McBurney Road and Stryker Road. This included a large barn that was fully shifted off of its foundation. Another barn lost the majority of its metal roof. An old farm house adjacent to one of the barns experienced total structural collapse of the concrete block walls on two sides. ||Further up Stryker Road, a residence experienced the partial loss of roof flashing material and the total loss of a garage. Debris from the garage and roof were strewn across Stryker Road to the east-northeast of the former structure and into the trees about one-quarter of a mile away. ||Tree damage continued to the north and west along Stryker Road and along County Road 25. This included the uprooting of multiple hardwood trees in a mobile home park. Two of these very large trees fell onto residences in the mobile home park.||Based upon the lack of a concentrated damage path within a large swath of damage and by virtue of the fact the damage area was less than 2.5 miles in diameter, the National Weather Service storm survey team determined the damage was a result of straight line winds associated with a microburst.||Peak winds were estimated at 95 mph, the damage path length was 1.5 miles long and 1,850 yards wide. One injury was reported with this damage from the thunderstorms.
April 2025Thunderstorm WindGypsum-Tree down on mobile home with significant damage. One occupant injured.
April 2025Thunderstorm WindGypsum-Tree downed on mobile home.

Every storm recorded in Ontario 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
Bunker Hill1.2 miles21
Clifton Springs1.5 miles21
Knickerbocker Corner2.4 miles21
Manchester Center2.5 miles21
Phelps Junction2.7 miles21
Port Gibson3.8 miles20
Phelps4.3 miles21
Orleans4.5 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 951963. 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.