Oriskany, New York
26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Whitestown town. It lies in ZIP code area 13424. It lies in Oriskany Valley. The Survey maps it on the Oriskany quadrangle. 1,315 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 430 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 figuresOriskany fell from 1,400 to 1,315 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 | 1,400 | |
| 2020 | 1,315 | -85 (-6%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 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 Oriskany quadrangle1:62500
- 1898 USGS Oriskany quadrangle1:62500, 10 printings
- 1947 USGS Rome quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1949 USGS Oriskany quadrangle1:24000
- 1950 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Oriskany quadrangle1:24000, 2 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
78 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 78 fires within 5 miles of Oriskany between 2000 and 2020, burning about 54 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 10 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 | 45 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 10 |
| Debris and open burning | 9 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
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 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 29 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 26 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 10 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 8 August 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 24 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 19 August 2002 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 31 July 2003 | 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
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Oriskany: 5 past producers, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burrows Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Doyles'Place Sand & Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| No. 5 Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Sand & Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Whitesboro Sand & Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Woods Road Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
20 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Oriskany in 20 storm reports between 1993 and 2026: 9 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 4 flash flood, 2 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2003 | Flash Flood | Oriskany | $25,000 | Thunderstorms dumped around 3 inches of rain in about 3 hours in central Oneida County. The heavy rain caused flash flooding of roads in Oriskany and Whiteboro. 2 to 3 feet of water was reported on a few roadways. |
| March 2026 | Flood | Oriskany | $10,000 | Officials reported flooding on River Street in both directions due to a backup of the Mohawk River and Oriskany Creek. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oriskany | $10,000 | Strong thunderstorm winds brought down multiple trees and wires. |
| August 2007 | Hail | Oriskany | $10,000 | no account filed |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oriskany | $5,000 | Strong thunderstorm winds brought down a tree on a road near Airport Road and Route 69. |
| June 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oriskany | $5,000 | no account filed |
| August 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oriskany | $5,000 | no account filed |
| December 2023 | Flash Flood | Oriskany | $3,000 | River Street closed due to flooding in both directions between Route 69 and Route 49. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oriskany | $1,000 | Strong thunderstorm winds were reported to have knocked down wires. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oriskany | $1,000 | A thunderstorm moved across the region and became severe. This thunderstorm produced severe winds and knocked over a tree. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oriskany | $1,000 | Numerous trees and limbs were blown down. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oriskany | $1,000 | Numerous trees were blown down. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oriskany | - | Numerous trees and limbs were blown down. |
| May 2002 | Flood | Oriskany | - | River Road due to flooding between Route 69 in Oriskany and Route 49 in Marcy. River Road goes over the Mohawk River and the Erie Canal. Rainfall was around two inches for the 48 hours prior to the flooding. |
| April 2000 | Flash Flood | Oriskany | - | Old Bristol road, portions of Kirkland avenue and French road were closed due to flooding. |
| May 2000 | Flash Flood | Oriskany | - | Roads closed due to flooding. |
| September 2023 | Hail | Oriskany | - | no account filed |
| July 2011 | Hail | Oriskany | - | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Hail | Oriskany | - | no account filed |
| March 2007 | Hail | Oriskany | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colemans Mills | 2.0 miles | 26 | |
| Careys Corners | 2.1 miles | 26 | |
| Marcy | 2.4 miles | 26 | |
| Whitesboro | 3.3 miles | 26 | |
| Walesville | 3.4 miles | 26 | |
| Maple Grove | 3.7 miles | 26 | |
| Maynard | 4.2 miles | 26 | |
| New York Mills | 4.2 miles | 26 |
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 Oriskany | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2030937 | 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 959480. 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.










