Oneida Castle, New York
26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Vernon town. It lies in ZIP code area 13421. It stands on Taylor Creek. The Survey maps it on the Oneida quadrangle. 586 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 449 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 figuresOneida Castle fell from 625 to 586 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 | 625 | |
| 2020 | 586 | -39 (-6%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 26 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 Oneida quadrangle1:62500
- 1898 USGS Oneida quadrangle1:62500
- 1902 USGS Oneida quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
- 1939 USGS Oneida quadrangle1:62500
- 1946 USGS Oneida quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1947 USGS Oneida quadrangle1:24000
- 1950 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Oneida quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1964 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Utica quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
126 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 126 fires within 5 miles of Oneida Castle between 2000 and 2020, burning about 79 acres in total. 14 started naturally. 28 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 | 59 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 28 |
| Debris and open burning | 19 |
| Natural | 14 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 27 September 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 24 September 2016 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 14 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 10 September 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 6 August 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 25 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Oneida Castle: 3 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gypsum-Anhydrite, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnson Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Lanz Gravel Bed | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Valley Mills Quarry | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Past Producer | ||
| West Stockbridge Hill Quarry | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2019Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Oneida Castle in 3 storm reports between 2019 and 2025: 2 flood, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2023 | Flood | Oneida Castle | $75,000 | The Oneida Creek at Oneida exceeded moderate flood stage and crested at 13.39 feet on December 18th at 4:45 PM. Water up to this level spreads into a mobile home park in Oneida Castle and affects Prospect and Highland Streets. |
| November 2019 | Flood | Oneida Castle | $75,000 | The Oneida Creek at Oneida exceeded Moderate flood stage with a crest of 13.66 feet at 7:30 AM on November 1st. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oneida Castle | $1,000 | Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down a tree on NY 365A blocking both directions at South Warner Street. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sconondoa | 1.1 miles | 25 | |
| Sherrill | 2.0 miles | 25 | |
| Willow Place | 3.1 miles | 25 | |
| Durhamville | 3.3 miles | 26 | |
| Verona Station | 4.3 miles | 25 | |
| Dams Corner | 4.4 miles | 25 | |
| State Bridge | 4.9 miles | 26 | |
| Vernon | 5.0 miles | 25 |
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 Oneida Castle | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3453010 | 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 959364. 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.












