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Middlesex, New York

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Middlesex town. It lies in ZIP code area 14507. The Survey maps it on the Middlesex quadrangle.

Middlesex within Yates County

Then and now

1900 to 1983

The same ground, surveyed 83 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Middlesex, surveyed 1983
Topographic sheet of Middlesex, surveyed 1900

On record in Middlesex

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 6 records

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 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

56 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 56 fires within 5 miles of Middlesex between 1992 and 2020, burning about 101 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 4 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/undetermined26
Debris and open burning16
Arson/incendiarism4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Natural3
Smoking2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
5 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
30 August 1995Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
26 August 2012Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
11 August 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 July 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
25 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresFire Department of New YorkNA
25 July 2016Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
20 July 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Yates County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Middlesex: 3 past producers, 3 producers. 3 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Bristol Springs PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Hays PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Heys PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Heys PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Potter PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Potter PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Yates County

Storms near this place

12 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Middlesex in 12 storm reports between 1995 and 2020: 8 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 hail, 1 flash flood. The reports record 1 injury. 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 2005Thunderstorm WindMiddlesex1 hurt, $50,000Thunderstorm winds downed numerous trees, wires, and utility poles. One tree fell on a house injuring a person inside.
June 1996Tornado (F1)Middlesex$75,000no account filed
May 2014Flash FloodMiddlesex$50,000The Acorn Valley Trailer Park was surrounded by water.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindMiddlesex$10,000Strong thunderstorm winds brought down trees and wires.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindMiddlesex$5,000Strong thunderstorm winds brought down several 6 inch diameter tree branches.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindMiddlesex$5,000Strong thunderstorm winds brought down trees and wires.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindMiddlesex$5,000Trees and wires were blown down.
July 1995Thunderstorm WindMiddlesex$5,000no account filed
April 2017FloodMiddlesex$2,000Water was reported on several roads in Middlesex.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindMiddlesex$2,000Trees and wires were blown down in Middlesex.
July 2005Thunderstorm WindMiddlesex$2,000Thunderstorm winds downed large limbs and wires.
July 2008HailMiddlesex-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Yates 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
Williams Corner1.1 miles25
Valley View2.5 miles25
Vine Valley3.1 miles25
Pine Corners3.2 miles25
Potter3.4 miles21
Rushville4.5 miles22
Friend5.5 miles21
Italy6.5 miles24

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 957152. 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.