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Marcellus Falls, New York

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Marcellus town. It lies in ZIP code area 13108. It sits by The Alps. The Survey maps it on the Camillus quadrangle.

Marcellus Falls within Onondaga County

Then and now

1900 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 85 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Marcellus Falls, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Marcellus Falls, surveyed 1900

On record in Marcellus Falls

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

97 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 97 fires within 5 miles of Marcellus Falls between 2001 and 2020, burning about 65 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 11 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/undetermined49
Debris and open burning12
Natural11
Arson/incendiarism11
Equipment and vehicle use6
Smoking3
Recreation and ceremony2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
27 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
26 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
24 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
20 September 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
20 September 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
13 September 2016Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
8 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Onondaga County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Marcellus Falls: 7 past producers, 7 producers. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Gypsum-Anhydrite, Clay. 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
Skaneateles Quarry and MillLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Syracuse Pottery Clay MineClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Syracuse Pottery Clay MineClayPast Producer
Camillus QuarryGypsum-AnhydritePast Producer
Halfway QuarryGypsum-AnhydritePast Producer
Limeledge Quarry DivisionStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Marcellus QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Nine Mile Creek QuarryGypsum-AnhydritePast Producer
Skaneateles QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Edwards PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Onondaga County

Storms near this place

7 since 2020

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Marcellus Falls in 7 storm reports between 2020 and 2024: 7 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
October 2020Thunderstorm WindMarcellus Falls$10,000Strong thunderstorm winds brought down a large tree on a car and clipped a house.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindMarcellus Falls$5,000Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down numerous trees.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindMarcellus Falls$5,000Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down multiple trees and power lines on Falls Road.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindMarcellus Falls$5,000Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down multiple large trees.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindMarcellus Falls$3,500Strong thunderstorms winds knocked down a tree onto a vehicle. A separate tree was uprooted in a yard near Roman Ave and Cranapple Dr.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindMarcellus Falls$3,000Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down multiple trees.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindMarcellus Falls$1,000Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down a tree on Kelly Road.

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
Martisco0.9 miles24
Marcellus1.5 miles28
Sweets Crossing1.8 miles24
Shepard Settlement2.5 miles28
Bennetts Corners2.5 miles24
Howlett Hill2.9 miles24
Camillus3.0 miles24
Halfway3.2 miles24

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 Q122573294The 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 956497. 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.