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Mendon, New York

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Mendon town. It lies in ZIP code area 14506. It stands on Trout Creek. The Survey maps it on the Honeoye Falls quadrangle.

Mendon within Monroe County

Then and now

1901 to 1983

The same ground, surveyed 82 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Mendon, surveyed 1983
Topographic sheet of Mendon, surveyed 1901

On record in Mendon

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 9 records

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 25 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

191 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 191 fires within 5 miles of Mendon between 2001 and 2020, burning about 110 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 24 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/undetermined90
Debris and open burning40
Arson/incendiarism24
Smoking14
Natural11
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Recreation and ceremony4
Equipment and vehicle use2
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
7 September 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
5 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 September 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
29 September 2010Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
27 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
25 September 2007Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
18 September 2002Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
18 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Monroe 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 Mendon: 9 producers, 5 past producers. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Salt. 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
E.Darby No.1 WellSaltPast Producer
Cork Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Deer Run PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Deer Run PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Genesee Sand & GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gp-3 PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Malone Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Malune Road PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Mccarthy PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Pittsford PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Monroe County

Storms near this place

9 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mendon in 9 storm reports between 1998 and 2024: 7 thunderstorm wind, 1 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
June 2019Flash FloodMendon$40,000Several roads flooded in Mendon with cars under water.
September 2007Thunderstorm WindMendon$25,000no account filed
June 2005Thunderstorm WindMendon$20,000no account filed
June 2017Thunderstorm WindMendon$14,000Law enforcement reported trees and wires downed by thunderstorm winds.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindMendon$10,000Law enforcement reported trees and wires downed by thunderstorm winds.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindMendon$10,000Law enforcement reported trees and wires down.
August 1998HailMendon$8,000no account filed
July 2024Thunderstorm WindMendon$2,000Multiple trees downed.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindMendon$1,000Powerlines downed on West Bloomfield Rd.

Every storm recorded in Monroe 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
Ford Corner2.0 miles25
Tomlinson Corners2.3 miles25
Mendon Center3.0 miles25
Bushnell Basin4.5 miles26
Rochester Junction4.8 miles25
Honeoye Falls5.5 miles25
Hannans Corner5.9 miles26
Sibleyville6.4 miles25

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 956963. 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.