Owasco, New York
28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Owasco town. It lies in ZIP code area 13021. The Survey maps it on the Owasco quadrangle.
Then and now
1899 to 1986The same ground, surveyed 87 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


On record in Owasco
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 2 records
Owasco Reformed Churchlisted 2010- Lakeside Parklisted 1989
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 28 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.
- 1899 USGS Skaneateles quadrangle1:62500
- 1902 USGS Skaneateles quadrangle1:62500, 9 printings
- 1943 USGS Owasco quadrangle1:24000
- 1943 USGS Owasco quadrangle1:31680
- 1950 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Owasco quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Skaneateles quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1965 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Auburn quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
60 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 60 fires within 5 miles of Owasco between 2002 and 2020, burning about 36 acres in total. None started naturally. 14 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 | 24 |
| Debris and open burning | 16 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 14 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 4 September 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 25 September 2015 | Smoking | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 8 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 6 August 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 31 August 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 9 July 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 6 July 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
8 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Owasco in 8 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 6 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Owasco | $5,000 | no account filed |
| August 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Owasco | $2,000 | A thunderstorm moved across the region and became severe. This thunderstorm resulted in a tree being knocked over on Valentine Road. |
| April 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Owasco | $1,000 | Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down a tree on Valentine Road. |
| March 2007 | Flood | Owasco | - | Minor flooding occurred on the Owasco Lake Outlet at Auburn from the evening hours of March 15th to the morning of the 18th. The lake outlet at Auburn crested at 5.3 feet which is .3 feet over the flood stage of 5 feet. Over an inch of rain combining with snowmelt caused the minor flooding. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Owasco | - | Several trees were blown down on Melrose Road. |
| June 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Owasco | - | Emergency management reported trees down in Owasco. |
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Owasco | - | Thunderstorm winds caused falling tree limbs to knock down power lines. 75 homes were left without power in Owasco and Fleming. |
| August 2010 | Hail | Owasco | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conklin Cove | 2.3 miles | 26 | |
| Degroff | 2.7 miles | 28 | |
| Niles | 3.0 miles | 28 | |
| Austin | 3.1 miles | 28 | |
| Highland Beach | 3.1 miles | 28 | |
| Baptist Corners | 3.4 miles | 28 | |
| Owasco Lake Station | 3.4 miles | 26 | |
| Wyckoff | 3.4 miles | 26 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 959665. 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.
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.










