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Marcy, New York

26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Marcy town. It lies in ZIP code area 13403. It stands on Crane Creek. The Survey maps it on the Oriskany quadrangle.

Marcy within Oneida County

Then and now

1895 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 90 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Marcy, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Marcy, surveyed 1895

On record in Marcy

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 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 26 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

99 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 99 fires within 5 miles of Marcy between 2000 and 2019, burning about 70 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 15 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/undetermined46
Debris and open burning17
Arson/incendiarism15
Natural10
Smoking7
Equipment and vehicle use3
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
9 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
6 September 2000Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
26 September 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
25 September 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
22 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 August 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
27 August 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
24 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Oneida County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Marcy: 6 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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
Unnamed Brick Clay DepositClayPast Producer
Burrows PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Doyles'Place Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
No. 5 PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Whitesboro Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Woods Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Oneida County

Storms near this place

11 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Marcy in 11 storm reports between 1993 and 2024: 7 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 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 2017Flash FloodMarcy$690,000Widespread flash flooding of small streams and urbanized areas occurred throughout the towns of Marcy and Whitesboro. Culverts and roads were washed out in several locations. Several residences and businesses experienced flooding.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindMarcy$10,000Strong thunderstorm winds brought down multiple trees and wires.
July 2014HailMarcy$10,000Trees were also uprooted.
July 1999Thunderstorm WindMarcy$10,000A severe thunderstorm developed and tracked down the Mohawk Valley with damaging wind gusts that brought down several powerlines in the town of Marcy.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindMarcy$5,000Strong thunderstorm winds brought down a tree, blocking a roadway.
August 1993Thunderstorm WindMarcy$5,000A squall line moved across eastern New York on the afternoon and evening of August 2nd resulting in severe thunderstorms across parts of the region. There were numerous reports of large tree limbs, trees and power lines downed by thunderstorm winds. The areas hardest hit were Herkimer, Montgomery, Oneida, Otsego and Washington Counties. In all over 15,000 customers were left without power.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindMarcy$3,200Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down a tree on wires and a power pole snapped.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindMarcy$1,000Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down wires.
June 1995Thunderstorm WindMarcy$1,000no account filed
July 2012HailMarcy-no account filed
July 2008HailMarcy-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
Careys Corners1.6 miles26
Oriskany2.4 miles26
Maynard2.9 miles26
Maple Grove2.9 miles26
Whitesboro3.4 miles26
Stittville3.6 miles26
Colemans Mills4.0 miles26
Floyd4.1 miles26

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 956498. 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.