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Savannah, New York

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Savannah town. It lies in ZIP code area 13146. It lies near Messner Hill. The Survey maps it on the Savannah quadrangle.

Savannah within Wayne County

Then and now

1902 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 83 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Savannah, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Savannah, surveyed 1902

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 23 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

88 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 88 fires within 5 miles of Savannah between 1994 and 2020, burning about 93 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 26 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/undetermined38
Arson/incendiarism26
Natural10
Debris and open burning7
Smoking3
Equipment and vehicle use1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Other causes1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
18 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
11 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
9 July 2012Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 July 2012Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
24 July 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
21 July 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 June 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
18 June 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Wayne 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 Savannah: 1 past producer, 1 producer, 1 prospect. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Salt. 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
Charles Noble WellSaltProspect
M.A. Montemorano Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
M.A. Montemorano Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Wayne County

Storms near this place

11 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Savannah in 11 storm reports between 2011 and 2025: 9 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2011Tornado (EF2)Savannah$150,000A tornado touched down in Savannah in Wayne County the continued east northeast into Cayuga County.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindSavannah$20,000Law enforcement reported numerous trees and wires down. Power poles were snapped.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindSavannah$15,000Law enforcement reported a power pole downed by thunderstorm winds.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindSavannah$15,000Law enforcement reported trees and wires downed by thunderstorm winds on Aikens Road.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindSavannah$15,000no account filed
May 2012Thunderstorm WindSavannah$10,000Law enforcement reported trees and wires down.
September 2012Thunderstorm WindSavannah$10,000Law enforcement reported trees and wires down.
August 2025Thunderstorm WindSavannah$5,000Reports of multiple trees downed in Savannah.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindSavannah$1,000Trees downed in the Town of Savannah.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindSavannah$1,000Trees down.
June 2013HailSavannah-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Wayne 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
Fort Hill1.0 miles23
Wiley Corner1.7 miles23
Noble Corner2.9 miles23
Lockpit3.4 miles23
Daboll Corners3.7 miles23
South Butler4.4 miles22
Shepards Corner5.0 miles23
Clyde5.9 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 964514. 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.