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Ledyard, New York

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Venice town. It lies in ZIP code area 13081. The Survey maps it on the Genoa quadrangle.

Ledyard within Cayuga County

Then and now

1902 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 84 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Ledyard, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Ledyard, surveyed 1902

On record in Ledyard

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 2 records

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 23 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

55 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 55 fires within 5 miles of Ledyard between 2003 and 2020, burning about 67 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 9 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/undetermined24
Debris and open burning13
Arson/incendiarism9
Natural7
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
27 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
26 September 2016Debris and open burning6.3 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
26 September 2016Debris and open burning6.3 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
26 September 2016Debris and open burning3.8 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
23 September 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
18 August 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
6 July 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
6 July 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cayuga 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 Ledyard: 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Salt. 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
J.C.Mahaney WellSaltPast Producer
Town of Genoa PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Town of Genoa PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Cayuga County

Storms near this place

4 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ledyard in 4 storm reports between 2004 and 2023: 3 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2017Flash FloodLedyard$725,000Widespread flash flooding of most creeks and urbanized areas occurred throughout the town of Venice. Culverts and roads were washed out in several locations. Some residences and businesses experienced flooding.
April 2004Thunderstorm WindLedyard$500,000Thunderstorms caused scattered straight line wind damage across a large area of southern Cayuga County. About 20 to 30 structures sustained at least minor damage. The towns affected were Ledyard, Venice, Scipio, Genoa, and Moravia. The most significant damage was a roof that was ripped off a home in Poplar Ridge (town of Venice) and damage to several barns and silos in Venice, Venice Center, and Scipio. Numerous trees were also snapped off or uprooted in these areas. A tornado also occurred at about the same time in the southeast corner of Scipio Township.
September 2023Thunderstorm WindLedyard$2,500Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down trees.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindLedyard-Several trees were blown down.

Every storm recorded in Cayuga 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
King Ferry2.1 miles23
Black Rock2.1 miles23
Weekes Corner2.8 miles23
Poplar Ridge3.0 miles23
Bowers Corner3.4 miles23
King Ferry Station3.4 miles23
Little Hollow3.4 miles23
Goodyear Corners4.1 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 955161. 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.