Pompey Center, New York
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Pompey town. It lies in ZIP code area 13104. The Survey maps it on the Oran quadrangle.
Then and now
1897 to 1986The same ground, surveyed 89 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


On record in Pompey Center
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
- Pompey Centre District No. 10 Schoolhouselisted 1998
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 20 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.
- 1897 USGS Cazenovia quadrangle1:62500
- 1899 USGS Cazenovia quadrangle1:62500, 7 printings
- 1942 USGS Oran quadrangle1:24000
- 1943 USGS Oran quadrangle1:31680
- 1943 USGS Oran quadrangle1:24000
- 1948 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Oran quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Norwich quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
73 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 73 fires within 5 miles of Pompey Center between 1993 and 2020, burning about 54 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 11 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 | 48 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 11 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 4 September 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 30 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 3 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 12 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 4 August 2018 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 26 August 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 26 August 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Pompey Center: 1 producer. All of them 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hitchings Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pompey Center in 3 storm reports between 2007 and 2022: 2 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pompey Center | $5,000 | Strong thunderstorm winds brought down wires on Pompey Center Road near Route 20. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pompey Center | $1,000 | Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down on Pompey Hollow Road. |
| August 2007 | Hail | Pompey Center | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Salem Corner | 2.2 miles | 20 | |
| Watervale | 2.5 miles | 20 | |
| Delphi Falls | 3.8 miles | 20 | |
| Log City (historical) | 3.8 miles | 28 | |
| Pompey | 3.9 miles | 28 | |
| Oran | 3.9 miles | 20 | |
| Buellville | 4.4 miles | 20 | |
| Peck Hill | 5.6 miles | 20 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Pompey Center | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7227478 | The 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 960878. 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.










