Montezuma, New York

26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Montezuma town. It lies in ZIP code area 13117. It lies near Emerson Hill. The Survey maps it on the Montezuma quadrangle.

Montezuma within Cayuga County

Then and now

1902 to 1985

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 Montezuma, surveyed 1985

Topographic sheet of Montezuma, surveyed 1902

On record in Montezuma

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

Mentz Churchlisted 2004

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 26 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.

1902 USGS Weedsport quadrangle1:62500, 10 printings
1943 USGS Montezuma quadrangle1:31680
1954 USGS Montezuma quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1954 USGS Weedsport quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
1960 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1961 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1965 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:250000
1985 USGS Syracuse quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings

Fires near this place

104 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 104 fires within 5 miles of Montezuma between 1994 and 2020, burning about 798 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 43 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
Arson/incendiarism	43
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	36
Natural	10
Debris and open burning	8
Smoking	3
Misuse of fire by a minor	1
Equipment and vehicle use	1
Railroad operations and maintenance	1
Other causes	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	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
17 September 2015	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
13 September 2002	Arson/incendiarism	1.5 acres	Fire Department of New York	not named
6 August 2015	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
6 August 2006	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
23 August 2006	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
18 August 2005	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
14 August 2017	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cayuga County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Montezuma: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	Seneca Falls Well No.12	Salt	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Cayuga County

Storms near this place

7 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Montezuma in 7 storm reports between 1998 and 2019: 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. 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.

When	Event	Place named	Harm	What the report says
September 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Montezuma	3 hurt, $20,000,000	The derecho which inflicted wind damage upstream to the northwest, including Seneca county, ripped across northern and central parts of Cayuga county between 100 and 130 am EDT. Much wind damage resulted. Most of the damage was in the form of downed trees and power lines, but there was a concentrated area of structural damage from Port Byron southwestward to Montezuma. The line of severe thunderstorms first entered the county around 100 am EDT and affected an area from Montezuma to Throop to Port Byron between 100 and 110 am. It was in this region that the greatest damage occurred in the county. In the town of Port Byron, a 150 year old Presbyterian Church was nearly leveled by the ferocity of the wind. Portions of its steeple and bell tower were blown several hundred yards and actually caused some damage to adjacent structures. In Montezuma and Throop, many trees and utility poles were uprooted, with several landing on nearby cars and homes. Dozens of homes in this area sustained siding and/or roof damage. In the city of Auburn, the storm came through around 115 am EDT and felled numerous trees and power lines. On the north side of town, damage to homes was more pronounced with roofs torn off of several buidings, including a department store. A few minor injuries were caused by flying debris in this section of town. The storms exited the county shortly before 125 am EDT with more tree damage in the town of Owasco. Ten vacation homes in the Highland Beach area on the eastern side of Owasco Lake took on minor damage in the form of blown out windows, ripped off shingles, and damaged aluminum siding. Damage estimates were close to 20 million dollars for the county. Portions of Port Byron and Auburn in the hardest hit areas were without electrical power for close to 3 days. Cayuga county eventually qualified to receive federal disaster relief money.
May 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Montezuma	$10,000	Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down a large tree, which ripped the wires and box off of a house.
July 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Montezuma	$3,000	Many trees were blown down from Montezuma to Throop. The event occurred from 12:50 pm to 1:05 pm.
June 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Montezuma	$1,000	A few trees were blown down.
June 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Montezuma	-	A large tree was blown down.
July 2010	Hail	Montezuma	-	no account filed
June 2008	Hail	Montezuma	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Cayuga 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Willow Grove	2.1 miles	26
Fox Ridge	3.2 miles	26
Fosterville	3.9 miles	26
Port Byron	4.5 miles	27
North Port Byron	4.8 miles	26
Howland	4.9 miles	26
Mosquito Point	5.6 miles	26
Hard Point	5.9 miles	26

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 957551. 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.