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Sauquoit, New York

26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Paris town. It lies in ZIP code area 13456. The Survey maps it on the Utica West quadrangle.

Sauquoit within Oneida County

Then and now

1895 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 90 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Sauquoit, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Sauquoit, surveyed 1895

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 26 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

70 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 70 fires within 5 miles of Sauquoit between 2001 and 2020, burning about 53 acres in total. 5 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/undetermined45
Arson/incendiarism11
Debris and open burning7
Natural5
Equipment and vehicle use1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
23 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
23 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
23 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
19 August 2011Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
18 August 2010Arson/incendiarism1.5 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
16 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
15 August 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
13 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Oneida County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Sauquoit: 6 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron, Limestone, Dimension, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Cittadino QuarryLimestone, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Davis OpeningIronPast Producer
Wells OpeningIronPast Producer
Jones & Smith Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Jones & Smith Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Ludlow Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Ludlow Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Oneida County

Storms near this place

9 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sauquoit in 9 storm reports between 1993 and 2024: 4 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 2 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
June 2017Thunderstorm WindSauquoit$10,000A thunderstorm moved across the region and became severe. This thunderstorm produced severe winds and knocked over multiple trees and wires. This thunderstorm created damage to the siding on a roof and a door.
April 2011Flash FloodSauquoit$10,000Roads were flooded, with streams overflowing their bands in Utica and Sauquoit. Basements were also flooded. In New Hartford and Washington Mills, many roads were impassable with three feet of water on roads.
July 2006Flash FloodSauquoit$10,000Heavy rain from thunderstorms caused several streams to overflow their banks. Water flowed into some buildings.
June 1994Thunderstorm WindSauquoit$5,000no account filed
July 2012Thunderstorm WindSauquoit$2,000Four power poles were knocked down.
August 2024Flash FloodSauquoit$1,000Water was reported running across Oneida Street.
August 1993Thunderstorm WindSauquoit$500no account filed
August 2010HailSauquoit-no account filed
July 2009HailSauquoit-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Oneida 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
Clayville1.7 miles17
Chadwicks1.7 miles26
Brookside Manor2.2 miles26
Paris2.9 miles26
Washington Mills3.2 miles26
Greens Crossing3.3 miles17
Paris Station3.8 miles17
Cassville4.0 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 964508. 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.