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Pompey, New York

28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Pompey town. It lies in ZIP code area 13084. The Survey maps it on the Jamesville quadrangle.

Pompey within Onondaga County

Then and now

1900 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 86 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Pompey, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Pompey, surveyed 1900

On record in Pompey

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

12 surveys from 28 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

94 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 94 fires within 5 miles of Pompey between 2000 and 2020, burning about 113 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 7 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/undetermined62
Natural7
Arson/incendiarism7
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Equipment and vehicle use6
Smoking2
Recreation and ceremony1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Debris and open burning1

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
20 September 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
8 August 2014Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
26 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
26 August 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
26 August 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
25 August 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
16 August 2016Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
1 August 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Onondaga County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Pompey: 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General. 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
Hitchings PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Rock Cut Quarry and MillLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Onondaga County

Storms near this place

12 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pompey in 12 storm reports between 2004 and 2023: 6 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning. 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
August 2004LightningPompey$100,000Lightning started a fire destroying a detached two car garage on Henneberry Road in Pompey. The garage had in it woodworking equipment and a front end loader.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindPompey$10,000Thunderstorm winds downed trees. A tree fell on a house.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindPompey$5,000Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down multiple trees.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindPompey$5,000Strong thunderstorm winds brought down several trees on Cemetery Road between Number 4 Road and Number 5 Road.
August 2016Thunderstorm WindPompey$5,000A thunderstorm moved across the region and became severe. This thunderstorm resulted in trees being knocked over.
August 2004Thunderstorm WindPompey$5,000Thunderstorm winds downed trees and wires.
May 2011HailPompey-no account filed
June 2008HailPompey-no account filed
July 2008HailPompey-no account filed
July 2008HailPompey-no account filed
August 2007HailPompey-no account filed
November 2005HailPompey-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Onondaga 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
Log City (historical)1.0 miles28
Swift Corner2.3 miles27
Berwyn2.6 miles27
Pompey Center3.9 miles20
Onativia3.9 miles28
Watervale4.0 miles20
Collingwood4.2 miles27
Big Bend4.2 miles28

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 960877. 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.