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Mandana, New York

28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Skaneateles town. It lies in ZIP code area 13152. The Survey maps it on the Owasco quadrangle.

Mandana within Onondaga County

Then and now

1899 to 1986

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 Mandana, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Mandana, surveyed 1899

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 28 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

63 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 63 fires within 5 miles of Mandana between 2003 and 2020, burning about 33 acres in total. 2 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/undetermined25
Arson/incendiarism16
Debris and open burning14
Equipment and vehicle use3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Natural2
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
6 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 August 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
27 August 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
27 August 2012Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 July 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
5 July 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
4 July 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
4 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 Onondaga 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 Mandana: 2 past producers. 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
Town of Niles PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Town of Niles PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Onondaga County

Storms near this place

2 since 2017

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mandana in 2 storm reports between 2017 and 2025: 1 flash flood, 1 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
July 2017Flash FloodMandana$3,100,000Widespread flash flooding of most creeks and urbanized areas occurred throughout the town of Skaneateles. Culverts and roads were washed out in several places. Some residences experienced flooding.
March 2025Thunderstorm WindMandana-Strong thunderstorm winds produced a 72 mph gust at the Skaneateles New York State Mesonet Station: Station ID DVI12379.

Every storm recorded in Onondaga 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
Skanondaga Heights0.8 miles28
Thornton Heights1.0 miles28
Thornton Grove1.3 miles28
Edgewater Park1.6 miles28
Winding Ways1.7 miles28
Woodland2.0 miles26
Borodino Landing2.7 miles26
Jones Beach2.7 miles28

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.

Wikidata item Q122591731The 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 956338. 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.