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Palermo, New York

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Palermo town. It lies in ZIP code area 13069. The Survey maps it on the Pennellville quadrangle.

Palermo within Oswego County

Then and now

1900 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 85 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Palermo, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Palermo, surveyed 1900

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 23 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

114 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 114 fires within 5 miles of Palermo between 2000 and 2020, burning about 78 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 20 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/undetermined69
Arson/incendiarism20
Debris and open burning10
Smoking5
Equipment and vehicle use3
Recreation and ceremony3
Natural3
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
26 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
27 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
26 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
25 August 2013Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
20 August 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
10 August 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 July 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 July 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Oswego County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Palermo: 3 producers, 1 past producer. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Fulton PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Fulton PlantLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Gulliver PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Rawson PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Oswego County

Storms near this place

16 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Palermo in 16 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 14 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2010Tornado (EF0)East Palermo$50,000A NWS survey confirmed a tornado touched down.
May 2015Thunderstorm WindPalermo$35,000Law enforcement reported trees and wires downed by thunderstorm winds.
May 2009Thunderstorm WindPalermo$25,000no account filed
May 2017Thunderstorm WindPalermo$12,000Law enforcement reported trees and wires downed by thunderstorm winds.
August 2016Thunderstorm WindPalermo$10,000Law enforcement reported trees and wires downed by thunderstorm winds.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindPalermo$10,000Law enforcement reported trees downed by thunderstorm winds.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindPalermo$10,000Law enforcement reported trees down.
September 2013Thunderstorm WindPalermo$10,000Law enforcement reported trees and wires down.
May 2012HailPalermo$10,000no account filed
July 2012Thunderstorm WindPalermo$10,000no account filed
May 2009Thunderstorm WindPalermo$8,000no account filed
July 2009Thunderstorm WindPalermo$8,000no account filed
September 2002Thunderstorm WindPalermo$8,000no account filed
June 1995Thunderstorm WindPalermo$4,000no account filed
May 2021Thunderstorm WindPalermo$2,000Trees and wires were reported downed onto Route 45 in Palermo.
August 2025Thunderstorm WindPalermo$1,000Report of 2 trees downed in Palermo.

Every storm recorded in Oswego 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
Loomis Corner1.0 miles23
Cribbs Corner1.1 miles21
Clifford1.2 miles21
Russ Mills2.2 miles22
Mungers Corners2.6 miles21
East Palermo2.8 miles22
Suttons Corner2.8 miles23
Upson Corners2.9 miles22

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 959773. 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.