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Oneida, New York

26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Oneida City. It lies in ZIP code area 13421. The Survey maps it on the Oneida quadrangle. 10,329 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 430 feet above sea level.

Oneida within Madison 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 Oneida, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Oneida, surveyed 1895

On record in Oneida

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 9 records

Population over time

2 figures

Oneida fell from 11,393 to 10,329 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
201011,393
202010,329-1,064 (-9%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 26 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

123 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 123 fires within 5 miles of Oneida between 2000 and 2020, burning about 84 acres in total. 17 started naturally. 26 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/undetermined61
Arson/incendiarism26
Natural17
Debris and open burning13
Smoking3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
7 September 2015Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
27 September 2003Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
24 September 2016Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
14 September 2019Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
10 September 2012Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
25 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Madison 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 Oneida: 1 past producer, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Johnson Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
West Stockbridge Hill QuarryGypsum-AnhydritePast Producer

Every working recorded in Madison County

Storms near this place

35 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Oneida in 35 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 16 hail, 14 thunderstorm wind, 4 flood, 1 flash flood. 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
September 1998Thunderstorm WindOneida$5,000,000The derecho continued to plow towards the east from the Syracuse area into Madison county. Widespread wind damage again resulted, mainly across northern and eastern sections of the county. Several reports of large hail were also received. The line of severe storms first affected Sullivan and Oneida Townships between roughly 145 and 155 am EDT. Trees and power lines were downed throughout the area. Several automobiles in the parking lot of a convenience store in Oneida were damaged from falling trees. The storms ripped through the Lincoln, Stockbridge, and Peterboro areas from 155 am to about 205 am EDT. Numerous reports of golf ball sized hail were taken from skywarn spotters. One of these spotters also measured a wind gust of 75 mph. In Peterboro, close to a dozen homes were damaged from fallen trees or flying debris. One of these homes had its back deck severely damaged and a glass door shattered when the strong winds picked up large pieces of lumber and sent them flying into the backyard. Power outages were experienced by nearly 50,000 customers in the county during the height of the storm.
September 2011FloodOneida$800,000Record flooding occurred along the Oneida Creek near Oneida, NY. The river crested at 15.55 feet according to a USGS high water mark survey. The previous record crest was 15.01 feet from an event back in October of 1976.
October 2017Thunderstorm WindOneida$20,000A line of thunderstorms produced damaging wind gusts which knocked down trees.
June 2002Thunderstorm WindOneida$20,000Thunderstorm winds downed large limbs, trees, and lines. One tree fell onto a SUV at the Oneida Animal Hospital.
May 2013Thunderstorm WindOneida$10,000Trees and wires were blown down across Loomis Road.
June 2002FloodOneida$10,000Heavy thunderstorm rains caused street flooding in the city of Oneida. Approximately 9 inches of water was on Farrier Street. The rain fell on wet ground from earlier thunderstorms that day in addition to rain from earlier in the week.
June 2025Flash FloodOneida$5,000Flooding occurred on I-90 (NYS Thruway) in both directions at After Exit 33.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindOneida$5,000Trees and wires were blown down on Washington Street.
March 2007FloodOneida$5,000Minor flooding occurred on the Oneida Creek at Oneida from the evening hours of March 14th to the evening of the 15th. The creek at Oneida crested at 13.0 feet which is 2 feet over the flood stage of 11 feet. Over an inch of rain combining with snowmelt caused the minor flooding.
June 1994Thunderstorm WindOneida$5,000no account filed
July 2005Thunderstorm WindOneida$2,000Thunderstorm winds downed trees and wires.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindOneida$1,500Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down a large tree onto a house and across a road.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindOneida$1,000Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down wires on Patio Circle Drive.
May 2021Thunderstorm WindOneida$1,000Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down trees onto East Grove Street.
January 2018FloodOneida-Minor, low land flooding was occurring along Oneida Creek due to an ice jam. A vehicle was stuck, and filling with water.
June 2000Thunderstorm WindOneida-Local newspapers reported trees and wires down from thunderstorm winds in Oneida. Numerous wires down on Route 46 caused a portion of the road to be closed.
June 2013HailOneida-no account filed
May 2013HailOneida-no account filed
June 2013HailOneida-no account filed
June 2011Thunderstorm WindOneida-no account filed
July 2009HailOneida-no account filed
August 2009HailOneida-no account filed
August 2009HailOneida-no account filed
May 2008HailOneida-no account filed
June 2008HailOneida-no account filed
June 2008HailOneida-no account filed
July 2008HailOneida-no account filed
June 2007HailOneida-no account filed
July 2007HailOneida-no account filed
August 2007HailOneida-no account filed
August 2007HailOneida-no account filed
August 2007HailOneida-no account filed
July 2006Thunderstorm WindOneida-no account filed
August 2004HailOneida-no account filed
May 1996Thunderstorm WindOneida-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Madison 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
Five Corners2.4 miles26
Scribner Corners2.8 miles26
Kenwood3.2 miles25
Wampsville3.2 miles26
Lenox Basin3.2 miles26
Lenox3.7 miles26
Bennetts Corners4.2 miles25
Five Chimneys Corner4.4 miles25

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 OneidaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1380694The 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 959363. 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.