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Stanley, New York

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Seneca town. It lies in ZIP code area 14561. The Survey maps it on the Stanley quadrangle.

Stanley within Ontario County

Then and now

1902 to 1983

The same ground, surveyed 81 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Stanley, surveyed 1983
Topographic sheet of Stanley, surveyed 1902

On record in Stanley

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 21 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

91 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 91 fires within 5 miles of Stanley between 2000 and 2020, burning about 65 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 19 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/undetermined46
Arson/incendiarism19
Debris and open burning8
Natural5
Equipment and vehicle use5
Smoking4
Other causes1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
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
8 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
30 September 2018Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
24 September 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
21 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
7 August 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
27 August 2018Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Ontario County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Stanley: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Salt, Natural Gas. 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
J.W.Birdseye WellSalt, Natural GasPast Producer

Every working recorded in Ontario County

Storms near this place

5 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Stanley in 5 storm reports between 2011 and 2024: 2 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 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 2014Flash FloodStanley$35,000no account filed
June 2011HailStanley$8,000no account filed
May 2013HailStanley$5,000no account filed
May 2020Thunderstorm WindStanley$2,000Trees and power lines were reported down.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindStanley$1,000Power lines downed on roadway due to thunderstorm winds.

Every storm recorded in Ontario 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
Flint2.3 miles21
Gorham2.6 miles22
Hall2.7 miles21
Mead Corner2.9 miles22
Aloquin3.6 miles22
Seneca Castle4.3 miles21
Babbitt Corner4.8 miles22
Billsboro Corners4.8 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 966220. 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.