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.
Then and now
1895 to 1985The 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.


Population over time
2 figuresNorth 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 6,800 | |
| 2020 | 6,739 | -61 (-1%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 27 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.
- 1895 USGS Syracuse quadrangle1:62500
- 1898 USGS Syracuse quadrangle1:62500, 10 printings
- 1940 USGS Brewerton quadrangle1:24000
- 1943 USGS Brewerton quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Brewerton quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1965 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Brewerton quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Syracuse quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
480 since 2000Regional 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/undetermined | 227 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 93 |
| Smoking | 54 |
| Natural | 46 |
| Debris and open burning | 27 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 15 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2011 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 8 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 8 September 2010 | Smoking | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 8 September 2008 | Smoking | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 September 2010 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 6 September 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 6 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 6 September 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cecil Perry Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Cecil Perry Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
16 since 1996Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | North Syracuse | $15,000 | Several trees and powerlines blown down. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | North Syracuse | $10,000 | Large branch was blown down on car and garage. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | North Syracuse | $5,000 | Strong thunderstorm winds brought down trees. |
| August 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | North Syracuse | $5,000 | A thunderstorm moved across the region and became severe. This thunderstorm produced severe winds and knocked over trees and wires. |
| August 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | North Syracuse | $5,000 | A thunderstorm moved across the region and became severe. This thunderstorm produced severe winds and knocked over trees and wires. |
| August 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | North Syracuse | $5,000 | A thunderstorm moved across the region and became severe. This thunderstorm produced severe winds and knocked over trees and wires. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | North Syracuse | $1,000 | Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down a tree on Bear Road near Harris Circle. |
| September 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | North Syracuse | $1,000 | A tree fell against a house at Hamilton Road and Kennedy Lane. |
| September 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | North Syracuse | $1,000 | A tree and power lines were blown down near the intersection of Hopkins and Buckley Roads. |
| May 2004 | Hail | North Syracuse | - | 0.75 inch hail. |
| June 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | North 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 2011 | Hail | North Syracuse | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | North Syracuse | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | North Syracuse | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Hail | North Syracuse | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Hail | North Syracuse | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pitcher Hill | 1.6 miles | 29 | |
| Hinsdale | 2.1 miles | 29 | |
| Rodger Corner | 2.4 miles | 27 | |
| Mattydale | 2.7 miles | 29 | |
| Cicero | 2.9 miles | 29 | |
| Woodard | 3.4 miles | 27 | |
| Lyncourt | 3.7 miles | 29 | |
| Galeville | 3.8 miles | 29 |
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 Syracuse | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3452997 | 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 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.









