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Parish, New York

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Parish town. It lies in ZIP code area 13131. The Survey maps it on the Mexico quadrangle.

Parish within Oswego County

Then and now

1905 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 80 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Parish, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Parish, surveyed 1905

On record in Parish

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 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 18 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

104 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 104 fires within 5 miles of Parish between 2000 and 2020, burning about 96 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/undetermined61
Arson/incendiarism20
Debris and open burning9
Smoking5
Equipment and vehicle use5
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
2 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
19 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 August 2012Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
26 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
13 August 2016Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
13 August 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
8 July 2020Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresFire Department of New YorkNA
6 July 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Oswego County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Parish: 4 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. 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
B.R. Dewitt, Inc. Gp-4 PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Chauvin PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
French Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Hays & Smith PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Hogback Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Weaver PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Weaver Pit Number 2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Oswego County

Storms near this place

19 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Parish in 19 storm reports between 2002 and 2023: 14 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 1 flood, 1 flash 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
June 2016Thunderstorm WindParish$10,000Law enforcement reported trees down by thunderstorm winds blocking a road.
October 2016Thunderstorm WindParish$10,000Law enforcement reported trees downed by thunderstorm winds.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindParish$10,000A trained spotter reported trees downed by thunderstorm winds.
May 2009Thunderstorm WindParish$10,000no account filed
July 2007Thunderstorm WindParish$10,000no account filed
July 2006Thunderstorm WindParish$10,000no account filed
September 2005Thunderstorm WindParish$10,000no account filed
April 2004HailParish$10,000no account filed
August 2003Thunderstorm WindParish$10,000no account filed
June 2002Thunderstorm WindParish$10,000no account filed
August 2017Thunderstorm WindParish$8,000Law enforcement reported trees downed by thunderstorm winds.
September 2010FloodParish$8,000no account filed
May 2012HailParish$5,000no account filed
August 2023Thunderstorm WindParish$2,000Trees were uprooted and downed.
May 2021Thunderstorm WindParish$2,000Trees and wires were reported down in Parish.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindParish$1,000Trees were reported down.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindParish$500A tree was downed on State Route 69 just to the east of Interstate 81.
July 2023Flash FloodParish-On ramp to I-81 south at the Parish exit is closed due to flooding.
May 2012HailParish-no account filed

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
Red Mill1.2 miles18
Carley Mills1.9 miles20
Colosse2.0 miles18
Morse2.5 miles22
Hastings2.6 miles22
Graftons Square2.8 miles18
Parish Center3.1 miles20
Maple View3.7 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 959863. 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.