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Taylor, New York

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Caledonia town. It lies in ZIP code area 14423. It lies near Sinclair Hill. The Survey maps it on the Le Roy quadrangle.

Taylor within Livingston County

Then and now

1904 to 1983

The same ground, surveyed 79 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Taylor, surveyed 1983
Topographic sheet of Taylor, surveyed 1904

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 24 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

94 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 94 fires within 5 miles of Taylor between 2000 and 2020, burning about 68 acres in total. 7 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/undetermined31
Arson/incendiarism19
Debris and open burning17
Natural7
Equipment and vehicle use5
Smoking4
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Recreation and ceremony3
Other causes1

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 2002Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 September 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
28 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
17 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.2 acresFire Department of New YorkNA
15 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
9 August 2016Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
8 August 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
4 August 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Livingston County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 17 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Taylor: 13 past producers, 3 producers, 1 plant. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Salt, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General. 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
Abandoned Gysum WorkingsGypsum-AnhydritePast Producer
C.Davis No.1 WellSalt, Natural GasPast Producer
North Leroy QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Leroy MillStone, Crushed/BrokenPlant
North Leroy QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
J.J.Gilmore No.1 WellSaltPast Producer
Salt WellSaltPast Producer
W.J.Cook No.1 WellSaltPast Producer
Highway Department PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Highway Department PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Livingston County

Storms near this place

1 since 2025

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Taylor in 1 storm report in 2025: 1 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 WindTaylor$2,000Trees and wires downed in Caledonia.

Every storm recorded in Livingston 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
Fraser1.6 miles23
Caledonia2.9 miles23
Inverness3.1 miles23
Fowlerville3.5 miles23
Toggletown3.8 miles23
York4.5 miles23
York Center (historical)4.6 miles24
Linwood4.7 miles24

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 973141. 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.