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Magee, New York

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Tyre town. It lies in ZIP code area 13165. The Survey maps it on the Seneca Falls quadrangle.

Magee within Seneca 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 Magee, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Magee, surveyed 1902

On record in Magee

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 within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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

103 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 103 fires within 5 miles of Magee between 1997 and 2020, burning about 806 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 16 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/incendiarism16
Debris and open burning14
Natural11
Equipment and vehicle use7
Smoking1

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
8 September 2015Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
5 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
21 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
14 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
14 September 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
14 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
13 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Seneca 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 Magee: 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 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
Devils Gulch PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Seneca Falls Well No.12SaltPast Producer

Every working recorded in Seneca County

Storms near this place

3 since 2024

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Magee in 3 storm reports between 2024 and 2025: 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2024Thunderstorm WindMagee$3,000Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down trees and wires.
April 2025Thunderstorm WindMagee$2,500Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down a few trees on W Brook Road.
August 2024Flash FloodMagee$1,000Water is reported flowing over Mills Rd.

Every storm recorded in Seneca 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
Stone Church Corner2.0 miles23
Tyre3.1 miles24
Malcon3.2 miles23
Lehigh Valley Junction3.3 miles24
Waterloo4.0 miles24
Parr Harbor4.3 miles23
Town of Seneca Falls4.4 miles24
Munsons Corner4.4 miles23

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 MageeAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q20657242The 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 956268. 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.