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Parma Center, New York

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Parma town. It lies in ZIP code area 14468. The Survey maps it on the Hilton quadrangle.

Parma Center within Monroe County

Then and now

1899 to 1984

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 Parma Center, surveyed 1984
Topographic sheet of Parma Center, surveyed 1899

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 19 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

244 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 244 fires within 5 miles of Parma Center between 2002 and 2020, burning about 103 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 71 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/undetermined101
Arson/incendiarism71
Smoking44
Debris and open burning12
Natural11
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Recreation and ceremony1

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
8 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
7 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
29 September 2010Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
27 September 2017Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
23 September 2011Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
23 September 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
22 September 2017Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Monroe 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 Parma Center: 3 producers, 1 past producer. 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
Chester Peacock PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Gp-9 PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Pease PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Pinehill Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Monroe County

Storms near this place

3 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Parma Center in 3 storm reports between 2009 and 2013: 1 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind, 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
July 2009Tornado (EF0)Parma Center$75,000The thunderstorm that produced a tornado in Genesee county earlier continued to move northeast across the region during the late afternoon hours and spawned another tornado in the village of Hilton in Monroe county. Initial touchdown occurred at 555 PM EDT on the southern edge of the village, just west of Hilton Parma Road and continued in a northeast direction for approximately a mile and a half. The damage from this tornado was primarily tree damage and broken outdoor furniture, although one home on Hillside Drive did sustain minor structural damage. The tornado was rated an EF0 with wind speeds peaking around 75 mph.
September 2009Thunderstorm WindParma Center$10,000Law enforcement reported trees and wires down on Underwood and Railroad Avenues.
May 2013HailParma Center$5,000no account filed

Every storm recorded in Monroe 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
Hilton2.0 miles19
Parma Corners2.8 miles24
Collamer2.9 miles19
Catfield3.1 miles24
North Greece3.1 miles27
West Greece3.3 miles24
Bartlett Corners3.6 miles19
Hinkleyville4.6 miles24

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.

Wikidata item Q122572439The 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 959936. 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.