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North Syracuse, New York

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Clay town. It lies in ZIP code area 13212. The Survey maps it on the Brewerton quadrangle. 6,739 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 420 feet above sea level.

North Syracuse within Onondaga County

Then and now

1895 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 90 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of North Syracuse, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of North Syracuse, surveyed 1895

Population over time

2 figures

North Syracuse fell from 6,800 to 6,739 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
20106,800
20206,739-61 (-1%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 27 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

480 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 480 fires within 5 miles of North Syracuse between 2000 and 2020, burning about 262 acres in total. 46 started naturally. 93 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/undetermined227
Arson/incendiarism93
Smoking54
Natural46
Debris and open burning27
Misuse of fire by a minor15
Equipment and vehicle use7
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Recreation and ceremony4
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
9 September 2011Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
8 September 2010Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2008Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2010Smoking1.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
6 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2004Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Onondaga County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of North Syracuse: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. 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
Cecil Perry Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Cecil Perry Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Onondaga County

Storms near this place

16 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names North Syracuse in 16 storm reports between 1996 and 2024: 10 thunderstorm wind, 6 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 1999Thunderstorm WindNorth Syracuse$15,000Several trees and powerlines blown down.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindNorth Syracuse$10,000Large branch was blown down on car and garage.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindNorth Syracuse$5,000Strong thunderstorm winds brought down trees.
August 2017Thunderstorm WindNorth Syracuse$5,000A thunderstorm moved across the region and became severe. This thunderstorm produced severe winds and knocked over trees and wires.
August 2017Thunderstorm WindNorth Syracuse$5,000A thunderstorm moved across the region and became severe. This thunderstorm produced severe winds and knocked over trees and wires.
August 2017Thunderstorm WindNorth Syracuse$5,000A thunderstorm moved across the region and became severe. This thunderstorm produced severe winds and knocked over trees and wires.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindNorth Syracuse$1,000Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down a tree on Bear Road near Harris Circle.
September 2012Thunderstorm WindNorth Syracuse$1,000A tree fell against a house at Hamilton Road and Kennedy Lane.
September 2012Thunderstorm WindNorth Syracuse$1,000A tree and power lines were blown down near the intersection of Hopkins and Buckley Roads.
May 2004HailNorth Syracuse-0.75 inch hail.
June 2000Thunderstorm WindNorth Syracuse-Storm spotters reported a tree down on a house on Fly Road. Thunderstorm winds also ripped a roof top air conditioning unit off of a factory in DeWitt. 1 inch diameter hail was reported in Mattydale. Wires down across the region left 6000 people in the Syracuse area without power. A lightning strike at a Wal-Mart shopping center on the east side of Syracuse caused damage to merchandise outside of the store.
April 2011HailNorth Syracuse-no account filed
June 2008HailNorth Syracuse-no account filed
June 2008HailNorth Syracuse-no account filed
May 2000HailNorth Syracuse-no account filed
May 1996HailNorth Syracuse-no account filed

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
Pitcher Hill1.6 miles29
Hinsdale2.1 miles29
Rodger Corner2.4 miles27
Mattydale2.7 miles29
Cicero2.9 miles29
Woodard3.4 miles27
Lyncourt3.7 miles29
Galeville3.8 miles29

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 North SyracuseAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3452997The 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 958933. 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.