Rochester Junction, New York
25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Mendon town. It lies in ZIP code area 14472. It lies near Junction Hill. The Survey maps it on the Honeoye Falls quadrangle.
Then and now
1901 to 1983The same ground, surveyed 82 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


On record in Rochester Junction
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 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Gates-Livermore Cobblestonelisted 1996 · 0.9 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 25 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.
- 1901 USGS Honeoye quadrangle1:62500
- 1904 USGS Honeoye quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
- 1934 USGS Honeoye Falls quadrangle1:24000
- 1942 USGS Honeoye Falls quadrangle1:31680
- 1950 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1951 USGS Honeoye Falls quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1965 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Honeoye Falls quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1983 USGS Canandaigua quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
115 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 115 fires within 5 miles of Rochester Junction between 2001 and 2019, burning about 103 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 28 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 | 54 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 28 |
| Debris and open burning | 16 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 27 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 23 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 22 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 18 September 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 8 August 2001 | Smoking | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 4 August 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 28 August 2005 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 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
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Rochester Junction: 2 past producers, 2 producers, 1 prospect. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Salt, Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| General Crushed Stone Company | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Honeoye Falls Well | Salt | Prospect | ||
| Rochester Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Highway Department Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Highway Department Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sibleyville | 1.8 miles | 25 | |
| Mendon Center | 1.9 miles | 25 | |
| Moran Corner | 2.2 miles | 25 | |
| Honeoye Falls | 2.2 miles | 25 | |
| Dann Corner | 2.8 miles | 25 | |
| Rush | 2.9 miles | 25 | |
| Cedar Swamp | 3.5 miles | 28 | |
| Ford Corner | 3.5 miles | 25 |
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 Q122558639 | 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 973015. 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.










