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Scipioville, 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 Union Springs quadrangle.

Scipioville 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 Scipioville, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Scipioville, 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

50 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 50 fires within 5 miles of Scipioville between 2003 and 2020, burning about 70 acres in total. 3 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/undetermined24
Arson/incendiarism11
Debris and open burning6
Equipment and vehicle use5
Natural3
Smoking1

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 burning6.3 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
26 September 2016Debris and open burning3.8 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
25 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
21 September 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
12 August 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
6 July 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
25 July 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
22 July 2006Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cayuga 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 Scipioville: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 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
Aurora WellSaltPast Producer
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

3 since 2024

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Scipioville in 3 storm reports between 2024 and 2025: 3 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
April 2025Thunderstorm WindScipioville$3,500Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down trees and wires down on Sherwood Road.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindScipioville$3,000Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down trees and wires.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindScipioville$1,000Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down a tree over Benjamin Road.

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
Sherwood1.5 miles26
Bunker2.0 miles27
Merrifield2.1 miles26
Poplar Ridge3.0 miles23
Scipio Center3.5 miles26
Mapleton4.5 miles26
Aurora4.5 miles27
Venice Center4.7 miles23

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 Q122560478The 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 964655. 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.