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Scipio Center, New York

26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Scipio town. It lies in ZIP code area 13147. The Survey maps it on the Scipio Center quadrangle. It stands 1,191 feet above sea level.

Scipio Center within Cayuga County

Then and now

1899 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 87 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Scipio Center, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Scipio Center, surveyed 1899

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 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

45 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 45 fires within 5 miles of Scipio Center between 2002 and 2020, burning about 49 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 4 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/undetermined21
Debris and open burning11
Equipment and vehicle use4
Arson/incendiarism4
Natural3
Smoking2

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
26 September 2016Debris and open burning3.8 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
25 September 2015Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
21 September 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
31 August 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
2 August 2020Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
18 August 2020Natural5.0 acresFire Department of New YorkNA
12 August 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
6 July 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cayuga 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 Scipio Center: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. 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
Town of Scipio PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Town of Scipio PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Cayuga County

Storms near this place

15 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Scipio Center in 15 storm reports between 2002 and 2025: 13 thunderstorm wind, 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 2015Thunderstorm WindScipio Center$20,000A severe thunderstorm produced severe winds as it moved across the area. The thunderstorm resulted in many electric poles and wires down.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindScipio Center$10,000Strong thunderstorm winds brought down numerous trees in the Scipio Center area.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindScipio Center$5,000Strong thunderstorm winds brought down a tree, blocking Center Road between Route 38 and Wyckoff Road.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindScipio Center$5,000Strong thunderstorm winds brought down poles.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindScipio Center$5,000A thunderstorm moved across the region and became severe. This thunderstorm produced severe winds and knocked over trees and caused structural damage.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindScipio Center$2,000A severe thunderstorm moved across the area and severe winds knocked over trees in the area.
May 2008Thunderstorm WindScipio Center$2,000Trees and wires were blown down.
March 2025Thunderstorm WindScipio Center-Strong thunderstorm winds produced a 72 mph gust at the Scipio Center New York State Mesonet Station.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindScipio Center-A thunderstorm moved across the region and became severe. This thunderstorm produced a severe wind gust of 54 knots.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindScipio Center-A thunderstorm moved across the region and became severe. This thunderstorm produced a severe wind gust of 55 knots.
June 2015HailScipio Center-A strong thunderstorm moved across the region and produced nickle sized hail.
May 2013Thunderstorm WindScipio Center-Trees were blown down by thunderstorm winds.
May 2013Thunderstorm WindScipio Center-Trees were blown down by thunderstorm winds.
July 2002Thunderstorm WindScipio Center-Trees and wires down.
July 2008HailScipio Center-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Cayuga 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
Merrifield1.4 miles26
Ensenore3.0 miles26
Venice Center3.1 miles23
Casowasco3.5 miles28
Scipioville3.5 miles26
Elmwood3.5 miles26
Stewart Corners3.6 miles23
Sherwood3.7 miles26

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.

Wikipedia article on Scipio CenterAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q48740269The 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 964654. 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.