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Kendall, New York

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Kendall town. It lies in ZIP code area 14476. The Survey maps it on the Kendall quadrangle.

Kendall within Orleans County

Then and now

1897 to 1984

The same ground, surveyed 87 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Kendall, surveyed 1984
Topographic sheet of Kendall, surveyed 1897

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 16 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

56 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 56 fires within 5 miles of Kendall between 2002 and 2018, burning about 31 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 30 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
Arson/incendiarism30
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Debris and open burning5
Natural5
Smoking3
Equipment and vehicle use1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
17 September 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
1 September 2018Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
7 August 2012Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
30 August 2002Misuse of fire by a minor2.5 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
20 August 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
2 August 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
12 August 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Orleans County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Kendall: 1 producer. All of them still produce. 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
Morton PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Orleans County

Storms near this place

9 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kendall in 9 storm reports between 2002 and 2023: 9 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 2004Thunderstorm WindKendall$50,000no account filed
June 2005Thunderstorm WindKendall$20,000no account filed
May 2017Thunderstorm WindKendall$15,000Law enforcement reported trees and wires downed by thunderstorm winds.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindKendall$15,000no account filed
July 2005Thunderstorm WindKendall$15,000no account filed
August 2017Thunderstorm WindKendall$10,000Law enforcement reported trees and wires down by thunderstorm winds.
September 2009Thunderstorm WindKendall$10,000Law enforcement reported trees and wires down on Kendall Road.
July 2002Thunderstorm WindKendall$10,000no account filed
June 2023Thunderstorm WindKendall$2,000Trees and power lines were downed. There was also half inch hail.

Every storm recorded in Orleans 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
West Kendall2.2 miles16
Murray3.7 miles16
Lomond Shore3.9 miles16
Kent5.3 miles14
Hulberton5.4 miles16
Brockville5.4 miles16
East Gaines5.9 miles14
Hinsburg6.3 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 954488. 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.