North Ilion, New York
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Herkimer town. It lies in ZIP code area 13340. It stands on Steele Creek. The Survey maps it on the Ilion quadrangle.
Then and now
1898 to 1985The 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.


On record in North Ilion
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 6 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
US Post Office-Ilionlisted 1989 · 0.7 miles away
Remington Stableslisted 1976 · 0.7 miles away
First United Methodist Churchlisted 2003 · 0.8 miles away
Palatine German Frame Houselisted 2004 · 0.8 miles away
Thomas Richardson Houselisted 1984 · 1.0 miles away- Library Bureau-Remington Rand-Sperry UNIVAC Manufacturing Complexlisted 2021 · 0.4 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 23 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.
- 1898 USGS Utica quadrangle1:62500
- 1900 USGS Utica quadrangle1:62500, 9 printings
- 1943 USGS Ilion quadrangle1:24000
- 1945 USGS Ilion quadrangle1:31680
- 1949 USGS Ilion quadrangle1:25000
- 1950 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1964 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Ilion quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Utica quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
84 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 84 fires within 5 miles of North Ilion between 2002 and 2020, burning about 79 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 15 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 | 44 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 15 |
| Debris and open burning | 9 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 25 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 23 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 2 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 11 September 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 1 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 26 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 18 August 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.5 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of North Ilion: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bono Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Ferdula Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary |
Storms near this place
1 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names North Ilion in 1 storm report in 2004: 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2004 | Hail | North Ilion | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ilion | 0.6 miles | 23 | |
| East Frankfort | 1.5 miles | 23 | |
| Mohawk | 1.5 miles | 23 | |
| South Ilion | 2.1 miles | 18 | |
| North Frankfort | 2.1 miles | 23 | |
| Herkimer | 2.3 miles | 22 | |
| Frankfort | 2.5 miles | 23 | |
| Corrado Corners | 2.6 miles | 23 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122593699 | The 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 958828. 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.











