Ontario Center, New York
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Ontario town. It lies in ZIP code area 14519. The Survey maps it on the Ontario quadrangle. It stands 449 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1900 to 1984The same ground, surveyed 84 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


On record in Ontario Center
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 1 record
First Presbyterian Church of Ontario Centerlisted 1998
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 20 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.
- 1900 USGS Macedon quadrangle1:62500, 8 printings
- 1942 USGS Ontario quadrangle1:31680
- 1952 USGS Ontario quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1965 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
146 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 146 fires within 5 miles of Ontario Center between 2000 and 2020, burning about 111 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 19 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 | 80 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 19 |
| Debris and open burning | 17 |
| Natural | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 4 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 24 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 19 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 11 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 1 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 8 August 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 4 August 2007 | 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 Ontario Center: 3 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walworth Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Walworth Quarry and Plant | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Ontario Iron Ore Co. Workings | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Ontario Openings | Iron | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ontario | 1.3 miles | 20 | |
| Fruitland | 1.7 miles | 20 | |
| Orchard Grove Village Park | 2.0 miles | 20 | |
| Furnaceville | 2.5 miles | 12 | |
| Lakeside | 2.7 miles | 12 | |
| Union Hill | 3.5 miles | 20 | |
| Lincoln | 3.6 miles | 20 | |
| Bear Creek | 3.8 miles | 12 |
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 Ontario Center | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q20657506 | 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 959407. 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.






