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Irondequoit, New York

31 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Irondequoit town. It lies in ZIP code area 14617. The Survey maps it on the Rochester East quadrangle.

Irondequoit within Monroe County

Then and now

1895 to 1984

The same ground, surveyed 89 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Irondequoit, surveyed 1984
Topographic sheet of Irondequoit, surveyed 1895

On record in Irondequoit

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 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 31 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

2,069 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2,069 fires within 5 miles of Irondequoit between 2000 and 2020, burning about 1,329 acres in total. 117 started naturally. 264 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/undetermined1035
Smoking415
Arson/incendiarism264
Natural117
Debris and open burning80
Equipment and vehicle use72
Misuse of fire by a minor41
Power generation/transmission/distribution27
Recreation and ceremony14
Railroad operations and maintenance4

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 2002Missing 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
9 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresFire 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 Irondequoit: 1 unknown, 1 plant, 1 producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Silver, Aluminum, 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
Dewitt Brothers Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Howard & Bowen Corp/Rochester, N.Y.SilverUnknown
Rochester Smelt & Ref/Rochester, NyAluminumPlant

Every working recorded in Monroe County

Storms near this place

6 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Irondequoit in 6 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 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
May 2000Flash FloodIrondequoit$45,000no account filed
June 2002Thunderstorm WindIrondequoit$30,000no account filed
May 2004Flash FloodIrondequoit$10,000no account filed
June 1996Thunderstorm WindIrondequoit$8,000no account filed
August 1995Thunderstorm WindIrondequoit$8,000no account filed
August 2024Thunderstorm WindIrondequoit-Large tree downed on powerlines and a backyard shed on Lakeshire Road.

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
German Village2.1 miles31
Rock Beach2.2 miles31
Newport2.3 miles31
Sea Breeze2.3 miles31
White City2.7 miles18
Bay View2.7 miles31
Glen Haven2.9 miles31
Windsor Beach2.9 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 971940. 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.