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Sempronius, New York

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Sempronius town. It lies in ZIP code area 13118. The Survey maps it on the Sempronius quadrangle.

Sempronius within Cayuga County

Then and now

1898 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 88 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Sempronius, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Sempronius, surveyed 1898

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 22 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

22 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 22 fires within 5 miles of Sempronius between 1993 and 2020, burning about 13 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 3 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/undetermined7
Debris and open burning6
Arson/incendiarism3
Natural2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
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
4 September 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 August 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
30 July 2012Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
16 July 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
30 June 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresFire Department of New YorkNA
9 May 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
8 May 2015Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
26 May 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 Cayuga County

Storms near this place

14 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sempronius in 14 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 9 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 1 flash flood. 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
July 2017Flash FloodSempronius$20,000Multiple roads in and around Sempronious were damaged and closed due to flooding.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindSempronius$5,000Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down multiple trees and wires.
May 2020Thunderstorm WindSempronius$5,000Strong thunderstorm winds brought down a tree.
August 2017Thunderstorm WindSempronius$5,000A thunderstorm moved across the region and became severe. This thunderstorm produced severe winds and knocked over trees and wires.
July 1994Thunderstorm WindSempronius$5,000no account filed
July 2021Thunderstorm WindSempronius$3,000Strong thunderstorm winds brought down large branches in a yard of a house, causing damage to gutters.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindSempronius$3,000A severe thunderstorm moved over the area and produced severe winds. The storm resulted in a tree falling over which blocked a road.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindSempronius$3,000Numerous trees were blown down.
September 2023Thunderstorm WindSempronius$1,000Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down a tree onto the road.
May 2001Thunderstorm WindSempronius-Trees were blown down by thunderstorm winds.
October 2014HailSempronius-no account filed
May 2012HailSempronius-no account filed
June 2011HailSempronius-no account filed
May 2000HailSempronius-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
Dresserville1.9 miles22
Morse Mill2.3 miles22
Glen Haven3.2 miles26
Wilson Corners4.2 miles25
Como4.4 miles22
Kelloggsville4.8 miles26
Montville4.8 miles25
New Hope5.0 miles26

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 964823. 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.

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.