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Mottville, New York

28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Skaneateles town. It lies in ZIP code area 13119. The Survey maps it on the Skaneateles quadrangle. It stands 810 feet above sea level.

Mottville within Onondaga County

Then and now

1899 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 87 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Mottville, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Mottville, surveyed 1899

On record in Mottville

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 within a mile 2 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 28 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

117 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 117 fires within 5 miles of Mottville between 2003 and 2020, burning about 76 acres in total. 16 started naturally. 18 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/undetermined50
Arson/incendiarism18
Debris and open burning16
Natural16
Equipment and vehicle use10
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Smoking2
Recreation and ceremony2
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
29 September 2017Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
26 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
23 September 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
22 September 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
21 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresFire Department of New YorkNA
2 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
19 September 2019Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
16 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Onondaga County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Mottville: 7 producers, 3 past producers. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General, Gypsum-Anhydrite. 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
Halfway QuarryGypsum-AnhydritePast Producer
Skaneateles Quarry and MillLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Limeledge Quarry DivisionStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Skaneateles QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Edwards PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Fiato Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Franklin Street PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Franklin Street Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Stump Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Walburger PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Onondaga County

Storms near this place

3 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mottville in 3 storm reports between 2002 and 2025: 2 flash flood, 1 tornado. 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
July 2002Tornado (F1)Mottville$2,000,000The tornado touched down briefly in the hamlet of Mottville which is in the town of Skaneateles. The tornado's path length was approximately 100 yards and its width was approximately 50 yards. A trailer home was destroyed in the center of Mottville. The 67 year old man who lived in it got out of the debris afterward with only a few scratches. In addition, several large trees were sheared off 10 to 20 feet above the ground. Falling trees damaged several homes and businesses in the area. The Mottville post office opened the next morning despite two large pine trees lying on the roof. The storm continued south into the center of the village of Skaneateles. Damage in this area was due to straight line winds. There were no deaths or serious injuries caused by the tornado. A state of emergency was declared in the town of Skaneateles.
October 2021Flash FloodMottville$5,000Up to 8 inches of water was rapidly flowing across Gully Road.
May 2025Flash FloodMottville$2,000Water was flowing over a roadway in Mottville.

Every storm recorded in Onondaga 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
Long Bridge0.5 miles28
Willow Glen0.8 miles28
Marysville0.8 miles28
Skaneateles Falls1.5 miles28
Skaneateles2.0 miles28
Skaneateles Junction2.7 miles24
Shepard Settlement3.5 miles28
Elbridge4.2 miles24

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 MottvilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6918709The 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 957795. 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.