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Throopsville, New York

28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Throop town. It lies in ZIP code area 13021. The Survey maps it on the Auburn quadrangle.

Throopsville 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 Throopsville, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Throopsville, surveyed 1899

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 28 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

221 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 221 fires within 5 miles of Throopsville between 2000 and 2020, burning about 159 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 51 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/undetermined123
Arson/incendiarism51
Smoking12
Natural11
Debris and open burning11
Equipment and vehicle use6
Recreation and ceremony3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
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 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2010Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
26 September 2016Arson/incendiarism6.3 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
22 September 2007Arson/incendiarismunder 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

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Throopsville: 3 producers, 2 past producers. 3 still produce. 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
Franklin Street PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Franklin Street Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Harkington Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Harkington Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Sennett PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Cayuga County

Storms near this place

6 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Throopsville in 6 storm reports between 2008 and 2025: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 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
June 2025Flash FloodThroopsville$15,000Flooding was occurring on roadways throughout Auburn.
May 2020Thunderstorm WindThroopsville$10,000Strong thunderstorm winds brought down numerous trees and wires. Power poles were damaged as well.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindThroopsville$10,000Strong thunderstorm winds brought down trees, which caused damage to a boat that was stored at a residence on Nugent Road.
May 2017HailThroopsville$5,000A severe thunderstorm developed over the area and produced golf ball sized hail.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindThroopsville-Trees were blown down.
July 2010HailThroopsville-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
Sawyers Corner0.8 miles28
Throop1.7 miles28
Cold Spring2.1 miles28
Auburn3.4 miles28
Fosterville3.9 miles26
Sennett4.0 miles28
Half Acre4.1 miles28
Port Byron4.4 miles27

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 967478. 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.