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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.

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

Population over time

2 figures

Oriskany 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.

YearPeople Change
20101,400
20201,315-85 (-6%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 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

78 since 2000

Regional 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/undetermined45
Arson/incendiarism10
Debris and open burning9
Natural7
Smoking5
Equipment and vehicle use2

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 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
29 September 2019Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
26 September 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
10 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
8 August 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
24 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
19 August 2002Natural1.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
31 July 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Oneida County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Burrows PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Doyles'Place Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
No. 5 PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Whitesboro Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Woods Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Oneida County

Storms near this place

20 since 1993

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2003Flash FloodOriskany$25,000Thunderstorms 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 2026FloodOriskany$10,000Officials reported flooding on River Street in both directions due to a backup of the Mohawk River and Oriskany Creek.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindOriskany$10,000Strong thunderstorm winds brought down multiple trees and wires.
August 2007HailOriskany$10,000no account filed
August 2019Thunderstorm WindOriskany$5,000Strong thunderstorm winds brought down a tree on a road near Airport Road and Route 69.
June 1994Thunderstorm WindOriskany$5,000no account filed
August 1993Thunderstorm WindOriskany$5,000no account filed
December 2023Flash FloodOriskany$3,000River Street closed due to flooding in both directions between Route 69 and Route 49.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindOriskany$1,000Strong thunderstorm winds were reported to have knocked down wires.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindOriskany$1,000A thunderstorm moved across the region and became severe. This thunderstorm produced severe winds and knocked over a tree.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindOriskany$1,000Numerous trees and limbs were blown down.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindOriskany$1,000Numerous trees were blown down.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindOriskany-Numerous trees and limbs were blown down.
May 2002FloodOriskany-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 2000Flash FloodOriskany-Old Bristol road, portions of Kirkland avenue and French road were closed due to flooding.
May 2000Flash FloodOriskany-Roads closed due to flooding.
September 2023HailOriskany-no account filed
July 2011HailOriskany-no account filed
July 2008HailOriskany-no account filed
March 2007HailOriskany-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Oneida 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
Colemans Mills2.0 miles26
Careys Corners2.1 miles26
Marcy2.4 miles26
Whitesboro3.3 miles26
Walesville3.4 miles26
Maple Grove3.7 miles26
Maynard4.2 miles26
New York Mills4.2 miles26

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 OriskanyAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2030937The 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.