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Lee Center, New York

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Lee town. It lies in ZIP code area 13363. The Survey maps it on the Lee Center quadrangle.

Lee Center within Oneida County

Then and now

1905 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 80 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Lee Center, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Lee Center, surveyed 1905

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 19 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

114 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 114 fires within 5 miles of Lee Center between 1998 and 2020, burning about 94 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 26 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/undetermined54
Arson/incendiarism26
Debris and open burning16
Natural6
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Smoking3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
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
3 September 2004Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
27 September 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
27 September 2000Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
26 September 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
25 September 2008Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
13 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
12 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
12 September 2000Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Oneida 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 Lee Center: 1 past producer. 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
Sullivan Sand & Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Oneida County

Storms near this place

23 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lee Center in 23 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 13 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 3 flash flood, 2 lightning. 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 2004LightningLee Center$200,000Two lightning strikes started a fire in a barn filled with hay on the corner of Hawkins Corner Road and Tuthill Road in Lee Center. The barn was destroyed and three nearby silos were damaged.
July 2024Flash FloodLee Center$10,000Significant flooding was occurring along Canada Creek. Church Street was barricaded and the bridge over the creek was compromised.
May 2019Thunderstorm WindLee Center$10,000Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down a tree onto a house.
May 2013Thunderstorm WindLee Center$10,000Numerous trees and wires were blown down by thunderstorm winds.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindLee Center$7,500Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down trees and tree branches. Some of the tree debris damaged a fence and some personal property.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindLee Center$5,000Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down multiple trees around Lee Center.
May 2019Thunderstorm WindLee Center$5,000Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down a tree on wires.
May 2013Thunderstorm WindLee Center$5,000Numerous trees and wires were blown down by thunderstorm winds.
August 1995Thunderstorm WindLee Center$5,000no account filed
August 1993Thunderstorm WindLee Center$5,000no account filed
June 2021Thunderstorm WindLee Center$2,250Strong thunderstorm winds twisted a large tree at the roots and knocked it down. An additional five trees were also knocked down.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindLee Center$2,000Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down a tree onto wires.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindLee Center$1,000A thunderstorm moved across the region and became severe. This thunderstorm produced severe winds and knocked over a tree which blocked a road.
June 1994Thunderstorm WindLee Center$500no account filed
July 2024Flash FloodLee Center-Flooding was occurring on Stokes-Lee Center Road threatening a bridge.
January 2018Flash FloodLee Center-Flash flooding was reported along Stokes-Lee Center Road near Lee Center. Water was rushing down the hill, flooding roads and basements of nearby structures.
July 2001LightningLee Center-Newspaper reports indicate a house on Kiwanis Road was struck by lightning. Electrical appliances were damaged but no significant structural damage was reported.
July 1999Thunderstorm WindLee Center-Several trees blown down
June 2013HailLee Center-no account filed
May 2011HailLee Center-no account filed
June 2010Funnel CloudLee Center-no account filed
July 1999HailLee Center-no account filed
August 1996HailLee Center-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Oneida 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 Lee1.7 miles19
Stokes Corner2.4 miles22
Lake Delta2.5 miles22
Brookfield2.7 miles19
Hawkins Corner2.8 miles22
Lee3.3 miles19
Coonrod3.8 miles25
Elmer Hill4.0 miles22

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 955164. 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.