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Rippleton, New York

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Cazenovia town. It lies in ZIP code area 13035. The Survey maps it on the Cazenovia quadrangle.

Rippleton within Madison County

Then and now

1897 to 1986

The 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.

Topographic sheet of Rippleton, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Rippleton, surveyed 1897

On record in Rippleton

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 within a mile 8 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 20 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

44 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 44 fires within 5 miles of Rippleton between 1993 and 2019, burning about 31 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 10 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/undetermined26
Arson/incendiarism10
Natural5
Recreation and ceremony1
Debris and open burning1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
30 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
12 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 August 2018Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
3 August 2006Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
25 August 2009Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
1 July 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
2 June 2018Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
17 June 1993Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Madison County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Rippleton: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 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
Cazenovia Gravel BedSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Cazenovia Ready Mix PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Riedel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Madison County

Storms near this place

16 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rippleton in 16 storm reports between 2007 and 2024: 8 hail, 8 thunderstorm wind. 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 2021Thunderstorm WindRippleton$5,000Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down multiple trees along the lake.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindRippleton$5,000Strong thunderstorm winds brought down poles and wires on Union Street.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindRippleton$5,000A thunderstorm moved across the region and became severe. This thunderstorm produced severe winds and knocked over trees and wires.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindRippleton$5,000Several large trees were blown down.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindRippleton$5,000Trees and wires were blown down throughout the county.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindRippleton$2,500Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down trees in Cazenovia.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindRippleton$1,750Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down a tree which crushed a fence.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindRippleton$1,000Trees were blown down in Cazenovia and Sullivan Township.
September 2013HailRippleton-Hail was accompanied by 30 mph winds.
May 2010HailRippleton-Hail lasted for about five minutes and covered the ground.
May 2014HailRippleton-no account filed
May 2014HailRippleton-no account filed
May 2010HailRippleton-no account filed
July 2008HailRippleton-no account filed
August 2007HailRippleton-no account filed
June 2007HailRippleton-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Madison 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
Perkins Corner1.3 miles20
Ballina1.5 miles20
Cazenovia1.5 miles20
Atwell Corners2.2 miles20
Abell Corners2.3 miles20
Juddville2.8 miles20
Union3.2 miles20
Bingley4.0 miles20

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 Q122594395The 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 962548. 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.