Milo Center, New York
24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Milo town. It lies in ZIP code area 14527. The Survey maps it on the Dresden quadrangle.
Then and now
1902 to 1986The same ground, surveyed 84 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


On record in Milo Center
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
- John Briggs Houselisted 1994
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 24 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.
- 1902 USGS Ovid quadrangle1:62500, 9 printings
- 1943 USGS Dresden quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1943 USGS Dresden quadrangle1:31680
- 1950 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1965 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Auburn quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
135 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 135 fires within 5 miles of Milo Center between 2002 and 2020, burning about 73 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 6 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 | 90 |
| Smoking | 15 |
| Natural | 10 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 5 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 28 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 26 September 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 2 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 19 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 16 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 12 September 2016 | Smoking | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
9 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Milo Center: 5 past producers, 2 plants, 1 unknown, 1 producer. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Salt, Zirconium, Halite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seneca Lake Mine | Halite | Past Producer | Halite | |
| Transelco/ Penn Yan, N.Y. | REE, Zirconium | Plant | ||
| Transelco/ Dresden, N.Y. | Zirconium | Plant | ||
| Hansen Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Holly Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| J.Sanderson No.1 Well | Salt | Past Producer | ||
| J.T.Andrews No.1 Well | Salt | Past Producer | ||
| Milo Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Seneca Lake Mine | Salt | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Milo Center in 4 storm reports between 2001 and 2024: 4 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Milo Center | $50,000 | First location surveyed was a horse barn with the north side open and it looked like the building was perfectly exposed to the strong winds from the north-northwest to blow the building apart with debris spread to a 155 to 160 degree direction. Looking at post in the ground the mud was soft and waterlogged so it likely did not take as much force to destroy the building so a lower wind estimate was used at 80 mph. ||To the west along City Hill Road there were several medium to large pines that had |either been snapped or uprooted also in a 155 to 160 degree direction. Many of the uprooted trees had a shallow root ball and the hole left by the root ball in the ground was filled with water. To the north along Ridge Road, power poles were either tilting or snapped. The power poles were thinner and older so a lower wind estimate was used resulting in the 85 mph rating. ||Multiple pine trees were also snapped or uprooted at several homes along Ridge Road as well, falling in the 155 to 160 degree direction as well. One home had a chimney that toppled over. Talking to a couple home owners that were home at the time of the |microburst, the stories matched up with strong winds and heavy rain occurring at the same time resulting in white out conditions similar to a blizzard. The stories as well as all the damage and fallen trees leaning in the same direction away from the core of |the storm on radar at the time of the damage means that this was likely a microburst. The Penn Yan Mesonet station from the NYS mesonet system was on the very edge of the microburst and recorded a gust of 62 mph. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Milo Center | $3,000 | Trees and wires were blown down. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Milo Center | $2,000 | Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down a tree and wires. |
| August 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Milo Center | - | Emergency management reported some wires down after a thunderstorm in Milo. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seneca Mills | 1.9 miles | 22 | |
| Milo Mills | 2.2 miles | 22 | |
| Mays Mills | 2.3 miles | 24 | |
| Second Milo | 2.5 miles | 22 | |
| Kenka Mills | 2.7 miles | 22 | |
| Randall Crossing | 3.2 miles | 24 | |
| Penn Yan | 3.4 miles | 22 | |
| Himrod | 3.9 miles | 24 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 957363. 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.







