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Marcellus, New York

28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Marcellus town. It lies in ZIP code area 13108. It lies near Pumpkin Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Marcellus quadrangle. 1,745 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 208 feet above sea level.

Marcellus 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 Marcellus, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Marcellus, surveyed 1899

On record in Marcellus

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

Population over time

2 figures

Marcellus fell from 1,813 to 1,745 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
20101,813
20201,745-68 (-4%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 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

90 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 90 fires within 5 miles of Marcellus between 2003 and 2020, burning about 69 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 7 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/undetermined44
Natural11
Debris and open burning10
Equipment and vehicle use9
Arson/incendiarism7
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Recreation and ceremony3
Smoking2

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 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
19 September 2019Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
9 August 2016Misuse of fire by a minorunder 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 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Marcellus: 7 past producers, 6 producers. 6 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

27 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Marcellus in 27 storm reports between 1998 and 2024: 17 thunderstorm wind, 8 hail, 1 tornado, 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
May 2004Thunderstorm WindMarcellus$20,000Thunderstorm winds downed wires and large limbs.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindMarcellus$10,000Strong thunderstorm winds brought down trees and wires along Route 20.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindMarcellus$10,000A thunderstorm moved across the region and became severe. This thunderstorm resulted in several trees and wires being knocked over. The damage resulted in U.S. Route 20 being closed for a period of time.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindMarcellus$10,000A thunderstorm moved across the region and became severe. This thunderstorm resulted in several trees being knocked over in Marcellus.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindMarcellus$10,000A tree was blown down on the top of two cars.
July 2006Tornado (F0)Marcellus$10,000A tornado touched down in the village of Marcellus around 4 pm. Damage was largely to trees which were uprooted and snapped. A portion of a tin roof on a residence was pulled off the building and flipped to the other side. A definitive, convergent damage path was noted on the east side of the village in the Orchard Street and Kinderwood Road areas with scattered damage heading southeast out of town. An eyewitness observed a tornado pass just to the east of Marcellus Park, then track approximately 3 miles to the southeast before going out of view. Additional damage was noted in the vicinity of South Onondaga, including utility poles and power lines on Nichols and Hutchings Roads.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindMarcellus$5,000Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down multiple trees.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindMarcellus$5,000Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down multiple trees.
August 2016Thunderstorm WindMarcellus$5,000A thunderstorm moved across the region and became severe. This thunderstorm resulted in trees being knocked over.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindMarcellus$5,000Numerous trees were blown down.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindMarcellus$5,000Numerous trees were uprooted. Structural damage occured in South Syracuse.
September 2005Thunderstorm WindMarcellus$5,000Trees down in Marcellus. Also in the Syracuse area.
May 1998Thunderstorm WindMarcellus$5,000A severe thunderstorm moving across the county blew down trees in Marcellus at 5:12 pm EDT.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindMarcellus$2,500Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down a tree onto a residence.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindMarcellus$1,000Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down a large tree.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindMarcellus$1,000Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down wires on roadway.
October 2021Flash FloodMarcellus$1,000Social media reported that water was out of banks on the creek in Marcellus Park.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindMarcellus$250Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down a metal road sign.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindMarcellus$250Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down a large tree limb across RT 175 in Onondaga.
July 2022HailMarcellus-no account filed
August 2019HailMarcellus-no account filed
April 2011HailMarcellus-no account filed
June 2008HailMarcellus-no account filed
June 2008HailMarcellus-no account filed
June 2007HailMarcellus-no account filed
June 2007HailMarcellus-no account filed
June 2000HailMarcellus-no account filed

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
Marcellus Falls1.5 miles24
Martisco2.4 miles24
Shepard Settlement2.4 miles28
Sweets Crossing3.0 miles24
Clintonville3.5 miles28
Howlett Hill3.7 miles24
Bennetts Corners3.8 miles24
Halfway4.0 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.

Wikipedia article on MarcellusAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6756453The 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 956496. 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.