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Massena, New York

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Massena town. It lies in ZIP code area 13662. It stands on Hutchins Creek. The Survey maps it on the Massena quadrangle. 10,151 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 226 feet above sea level.

Massena within St. Lawrence County

Then and now

1906 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 88 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Massena, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Massena, surveyed 1906

Compare 1906 against another survey:

Population over time

2 figures

Massena fell from 10,936 to 10,151 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
201010,936
202010,151-785 (-7%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 19 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

212 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 212 fires within 5 miles of Massena between 2001 and 2020, burning about 188 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 46 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/undetermined117
Arson/incendiarism46
Natural13
Debris and open burning12
Smoking11
Equipment and vehicle use11
Misuse of fire by a minor1
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
7 September 2012Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 September 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
27 September 2017Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in St. Lawrence 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 Massena: 1 past producer, 1 plant. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Aluminum, Contained or Metal. 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
(Facility) Alcoa Massena SmelterAluminum, Contained or MetalPlant1903
Michaud Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in St. Lawrence County

Storms near this place

20 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Massena in 20 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 15 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 2 lightning. The reports record 3 injuries. 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
June 1995Thunderstorm WindMassena3 hurt, $50,000An isolated severe thunderstorm struck Massena during the evening of June 29th causing extensive damage in some areas. Numerous trees and power lines were downed by a downburst. Damage occurred to several homes with the glass windows blown in at a nursing home where three residents were injured. In addition a tractor-semitrailer was blown over spilling gas onto a parking lot.
May 2007LightningMassena$250,000no account filed
July 2013Thunderstorm WindMassena$50,000Numerous trees and wires down, as well as some light structural and vehicle damage throughout Massena.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindMassena$25,000Telephone poles and lines downed by thunderstorm winds.
July 2007Thunderstorm WindMassena$25,000Several trees downed by thunderstorm winds throughout Massena with local power outages.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindMassena$20,000Large plate glass window blown in at Robert Moses Power Dam administrative building. Also, trees down in Robert Moses State park.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindMassena$15,000Trees and powerlines down across Cornell Avenue and other locations.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindMassena$15,000Several trees down with power lines down across vehicles on South street.
July 1996Thunderstorm WindMassena$15,000no account filed
June 2007Thunderstorm WindMassena$10,000Trees were blown down across several city streets.
August 1996Thunderstorm WindMassena$10,000no account filed
May 2024Thunderstorm WindMassena$5,000A few downed powerlines caused by downed trees onto lines.
September 2001Thunderstorm WindMassena$5,000no account filed
May 1996LightningMassena$5,000no account filed
May 2002Thunderstorm WindMassena$1,000no account filed
June 2002Thunderstorm WindMassena$1,000no account filed
June 2002Thunderstorm WindMassena$1,000no account filed
June 2016HailMassena-Quarter size hail fell.
June 2016HailMassena-Quarter size hail fell.
July 2008HailMassena-Quarter size hail reported just east of Massena along Route 37.

Every storm recorded in St. Lawrence 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
Massena Springs1.0 miles19
Massena Center3.9 miles17
Tucker Terrace4.5 miles19
Grantville5.0 miles17
Raquette River5.4 miles17
Plumbrook6.4 miles17
Louisville6.9 miles14
Brasher Center7.1 miles17

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 MassenaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3306151The 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 976634. 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.