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Italy, New York

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Italy town. It lies in ZIP code area 14512. It lies near West Italy Hill. The Survey maps it on the Prattsburg quadrangle.

Italy within Yates County

Then and now

1900 to 1983

The same ground, surveyed 83 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Italy, surveyed 1983
Topographic sheet of Italy, surveyed 1900

On record in Italy

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 3 records

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 24 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

44 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 44 fires within 5 miles of Italy between 1993 and 2020, burning about 113 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 3 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
Debris and open burning18
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Natural5
Smoking4
Recreation and ceremony3
Arson/incendiarism3
Equipment and vehicle use2

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
25 September 2017Smoking2.5 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
10 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNew York Forest Rangersnot named
27 August 2017Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
7 July 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
12 July 2001Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
8 June 2009Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
20 June 2020Equipment and vehicle use2.4 acresFire Department of New YorkNA
9 May 1993Debris and open burning1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Yates County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Italy: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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
Botsford PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Botsford PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Yates County

Storms near this place

10 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Italy in 10 storm reports between 2004 and 2024: 6 flash flood, 2 hail, 1 heavy rain, 1 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
June 2015Flash FloodItaly$650,000Water was flowing over numerous roads in the area.
May 2014Flash FloodItaly$100,000Flooding was occurring across several parts of Italy Valley Road.
August 2024Flash FloodItaly$75,000Roads and basements were flooded around Italy.
May 2004Flash FloodItaly$30,000Heavy rain caused extensive flooding on roads. Water, mudslides and debris on roads. Numerous road closures.
July 2015Flash FloodItaly$25,000Heavy rain and flooding caused the closure of County Route 245 from the county line to Flint Hill Road.
May 2020Thunderstorm WindItaly$5,000Strong thunderstorm winds brought down trees.
July 2009Flash FloodItaly$3,000A culvert flooded, causing two different driveways to be washed out and covered with rock debris. This occurred at the intersection of the driveway and Sliter Hill Road at the Vagabond Inn. The debris area was roughly 2 to 3 feet wide and 2 to 3 feet deep.
July 2009Heavy RainItaly-Two inches of rain was measured on Parrish Hill Road.
June 2014HailItaly-no account filed
July 2007HailItaly-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Yates 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
Italy Hill2.5 miles21
Middlesex6.5 miles25
Friend6.7 miles21
Guyanoga6.8 miles21
Williams Corner7.3 miles25
Branchport7.4 miles21
Potter7.8 miles21
Vine Valley7.9 miles25

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 953848. 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.