Jamesville, New York
28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1986. It stands in DeWitt town. It lies in ZIP code area 13078. It stands on Rush Creek. The Survey maps it on the Jamesville quadrangle. It stands 607 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1900 to 1986The same ground, surveyed 86 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


On record in Jamesville
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
Saint Mark's Churchlisted 1997
Southwood Two-Teacher Schoollisted 2000- Dr. John Ives Houselisted 1985
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 28 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.
- 1900 USGS Tully quadrangle1:62500, 9 printings
- 1943 USGS Jamesville quadrangle1:31680
- 1943 USGS Jamesville quadrangle1:24000
- 1949 USGS Jamesville quadrangle1:25000
- 1950 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Jamesville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Tully quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1965 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Jamesville quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Auburn quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
282 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 282 fires within 5 miles of Jamesville between 2000 and 2020, burning about 178 acres in total. 16 started naturally. 33 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 | 193 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 33 |
| Smoking | 20 |
| Natural | 16 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
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 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 7 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 6 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 6 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 6 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 4 September 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 3 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 27 September 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 20 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Jamesville: 17 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Gypsum-Anhydrite, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Calcium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jamesville Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Jamesville Quarry | Calcium | Producer | ||
| Jamesville Quarry & Cement Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Jamesville Quarry and Mill | Calcium | Past Producer | Calcite | |
| Rock Cut Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| South Onondaga Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| South Onondaga Pit & Nedrow Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Van Slyke Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Van Slyke Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Gypsum Quarry | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
5 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Jamesville in 5 storm reports between 2001 and 2024: 2 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jamesville | $1,000 | Strong thunderstorm winds knocked wires down. |
| December 2023 | Flash Flood | Jamesville | $1,000 | A video from social media shows fast moving water rushing down roads in the area. |
| May 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jamesville | $500 | Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down a couple of trees in a yard. |
| May 2001 | Hail | Jamesville | - | Large hail was reported from Jamesville through Syracuse. Smaller hail up to half inch diameter was reported in DeWitt and Camillus. Thunderstorm winds also brought a tree down onto the front porch of a house on Peters Street in Syracuse. |
| June 2007 | Hail | Jamesville | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Breezy Acres | 1.8 miles | 28 | |
| Southwood | 2.0 miles | 28 | |
| Fillmore Corner | 2.9 miles | 28 | |
| DeWitt | 3.0 miles | 29 | |
| Skytop | 3.4 miles | 29 | |
| Lyndon | 3.5 miles | 29 | |
| High Bridge | 3.5 miles | 29 | |
| Sentinel Heights | 3.7 miles | 28 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Jamesville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6146281 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 953927. 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.











