Marion, New York
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Marion town. It lies in ZIP code area 14505. It lies near Prospect Hill. The Survey maps it on the Williamson quadrangle. 1,432 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 476 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1899 to 1984The 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.


On record in Marion
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
Ezra T. Phelps Farm Complexlisted 1997
Population over time
2 figuresMarion fell from 1,511 to 1,432 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,511 | |
| 2020 | 1,432 | -79 (-5%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 21 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1899 USGS Palmyra quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1902 USGS Palmyra quadrangle1:62500, 7 printings
- 1943 USGS Williamson quadrangle1:31680
- 1952 USGS Williamson quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1965 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
126 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 126 fires within 5 miles of Marion between 2001 and 2020, burning about 107 acres in total. 5 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/undetermined | 55 |
| Debris and open burning | 40 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 16 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 2 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 1 September 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 1 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 31 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 27 August 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 26 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Marion: 2 producers. All of them still produce. 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Highway Dept Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Highway Dept Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
12 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Marion in 12 storm reports between 2008 and 2021: 9 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marion | $25,000 | The public reported damage to house in Marion and many broken branches. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marion | $25,000 | no account filed |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marion | $20,000 | County emergency management reported a tree down on a house on Skinner Road. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marion | $15,000 | no account filed |
| May 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marion | $10,000 | Law enforcement reported trees and wires down. |
| September 2013 | Hail | Marion | $10,000 | no account filed |
| November 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marion | $2,000 | Trees and powerlines were reported downed. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marion | $1,000 | Trees were downed at Farnsworth Road and Witherden. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marion | $1,000 | Trees were downed onto Buffalo Street and Route 21. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marion | $1,000 | Trees and wires were reported down onto a road. |
| May 2013 | Hail | Marion | - | no account filed |
| July 2010 | Hail | Marion | - | no account filed |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minsteed | 3.7 miles | 20 | |
| Owls Nest | 3.8 miles | 21 | |
| Lime Kiln | 4.2 miles | 20 | |
| East Palmyra | 4.4 miles | 20 | |
| Walworth | 4.4 miles | 20 | |
| Marquart Village | 4.5 miles | 20 | |
| Huddle | 4.6 miles | 20 | |
| Cooney Crossing | 4.8 miles | 20 |
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 Marion | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q20657271 | The 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 956524. 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.







