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Tyre, New York

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Tyre town. It lies in ZIP code area 13148. It stands on Black Brook. The Survey maps it on the Seneca Falls quadrangle.

Tyre within Seneca County

Then and now

1902 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 84 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Tyre, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Tyre, surveyed 1902

On record in Tyre

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

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

67 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 67 fires within 5 miles of Tyre between 1994 and 2020, burning about 769 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 14 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/undetermined28
Arson/incendiarism14
Debris and open burning10
Natural9
Equipment and vehicle use3
Smoking2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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 2015Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
14 September 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
23 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
9 July 2012Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 July 2012Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
31 July 2010Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
21 July 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
17 July 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 Seneca 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 Tyre: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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
Seneca Falls Well No.12SaltPast Producer

Every working recorded in Seneca County

Storms near this place

13 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tyre in 13 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 8 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 1 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
April 2025Thunderstorm WindTyre$5,000Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down numerous trees and wires across several roads in the town of Tyre, including Gravel Road, Pucker Road, Black Brook Road and others.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindTyre$5,000Several trees were uprooted, including one fairly large walnut, corn flattened and a six inch diameter tree was snapped.
July 1994HailTyre$5,000no account filed
August 2021Thunderstorm WindTyre$3,400Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down wires with poles hanging out over the road.
April 2025Thunderstorm WindTyre$2,500Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down trees and wires.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindTyre$1,000Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down wires over a road.
January 2008Thunderstorm WindTyre$1,000Trees were blown down by thunderstorm winds.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindTyre$1,000Trees and wires were blown down.
January 2018FloodTyre-An ice jam along the Seneca River was causing minor, lowland flooding from Montezuma to Weedsport.
July 2013HailTyre-Torrential rain of 0.75 inches in 10 minutes along with leaves and small limbs blew down due to strong wind.
June 2000Thunderstorm WindTyre-Emergency management reported trees down in Tyre.
July 2010HailTyre-no account filed
June 2009HailTyre-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Seneca 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
Mays Point2.0 miles24
Munsons Corner2.1 miles23
Evans Corner2.8 miles23
Malcon3.1 miles23
Magee3.1 miles24
Lehigh Valley Junction4.0 miles24
Mud Lock4.7 miles26
Stone Church Corner4.9 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 968104. 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.