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Orleans, New York

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Phelps town. It lies in ZIP code area 14432. The Survey maps it on the Phelps quadrangle.

Orleans within Ontario County

Then and now

1902 to 1983

The same ground, surveyed 81 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Orleans, surveyed 1983
Topographic sheet of Orleans, surveyed 1902

On record in Orleans

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 within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 21 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

90 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 90 fires within 5 miles of Orleans between 2002 and 2020, burning about 50 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 24 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/incendiarism24
Natural7
Debris and open burning6
Smoking4
Equipment and vehicle use2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2

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 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
24 September 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
21 September 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
19 September 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
27 August 2018Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
27 August 2008Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
23 August 2011Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
18 August 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Ontario County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Orleans: 6 past producers, 5 producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gypsum-Anhydrite. 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
Phelps QuarryGypsum-AnhydritePast Producer
Gravel Pit No. 11Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Mackenzie Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Manchester Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Manchester PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Phelps PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Plant Number 2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Salsbury PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Smith Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Smith Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Ontario County

Storms near this place

1 since 2019

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Orleans in 1 storm report in 2019: 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2019Thunderstorm WindOrleans$500A tree was reported down onto Taylor Road.

Every storm recorded in Ontario 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
Seneca Castle2.4 miles21
Melvin Hill2.8 miles21
Knickerbocker Corner3.1 miles21
Clifton Springs3.3 miles21
Phelps Junction3.7 miles21
Fort Hill3.8 miles21
Hopewell Center3.9 miles21
Phelps4.0 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 959484. 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.