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Ogden Center, New York

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Ogden town. It lies in ZIP code area 14559. It lies near Woodchuck Hill. The Survey maps it on the Spencerport quadrangle.

Ogden Center within Monroe County

Then and now

1899 to 1984

The same ground, surveyed 85 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Ogden Center, surveyed 1984
Topographic sheet of Ogden Center, surveyed 1899

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 24 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

417 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 417 fires within 5 miles of Ogden Center between 2002 and 2020, burning about 228 acres in total. 25 started naturally. 103 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/undetermined119
Smoking108
Arson/incendiarism103
Debris and open burning29
Natural25
Misuse of fire by a minor15
Equipment and vehicle use8
Recreation and ceremony8
Power generation/transmission/distribution2

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 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
8 September 2018Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
8 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
7 September 2002Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2009Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 September 2002Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 September 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Monroe County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Ogden Center: 5 producers, 2 past producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Brockport QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Chester Peacock PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Gp-9 PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Pease PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Pinehill Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Union Street PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Union Street PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Monroe County

Storms near this place

3 since 2013

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ogden Center in 3 storm reports between 2013 and 2021: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 heavy rain. 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
June 2015Thunderstorm WindOgden Center$15,000Law enforcement reported numerous trees and wires down from thunderstorm winds near Ogden Center.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindOgden Center$10,000Law enforcement reported trees down near Ogden Center.
July 2021Heavy RainOgden Center-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Monroe 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
Spencerport1.0 miles24
Town Pump3.0 miles24
Adams Basin3.1 miles24
Parma Corners3.2 miles24
Catfield3.4 miles24
Hinkleyville3.6 miles24
North Chili3.6 miles24
Elmgrove3.9 miles32

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 959225. 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.