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Vernon Center, New York

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Vernon town. It lies in ZIP code area 13477. The Survey maps it on the Vernon quadrangle. It stands 801 feet above sea level.

Vernon Center within Oneida County

Then and now

1895 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 90 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Vernon Center, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Vernon Center, surveyed 1895

On record in Vernon Center

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 within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 25 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

57 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 57 fires within 5 miles of Vernon Center between 2000 and 2018, burning about 40 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 8 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/undetermined26
Debris and open burning18
Arson/incendiarism8
Natural3
Smoking2

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
3 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
24 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 August 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
4 August 2005Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 August 2007Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
23 August 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
10 August 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
7 July 2004Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Oneida County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Vernon Center: 9 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron, Gypsum-Anhydrite. 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
Valley Mills QuarryGypsum-AnhydritePast Producer
Derwin FarmIronPast Producer
Freibergher Farm.IronPast Producer
Lanz Gravel BedSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Vernon Gravel BedSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Bertie Waterlime QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Eisler QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Kirkland QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Lawless QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Oneida County

Storms near this place

5 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Vernon Center in 5 storm reports between 1993 and 2014: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. 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
August 1993Thunderstorm WindVernon Center$5,000no account filed
May 2013Thunderstorm WindVernon Center-Small hail was accompanied by an estimated 50 to 60 mph winds.
May 2013Thunderstorm WindVernon Center-Large tree was uprooted across Route 26.
October 2014HailVernon Center-no account filed
July 2011HailVernon Center-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Oneida 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
Wells Corner2.7 miles26
Vernon2.7 miles25
Hecla4.1 miles26
Lairdsville4.2 miles26
Brewers Corner4.4 miles25
Knoxboro4.6 miles18
Sherrill5.3 miles25
Augusta5.3 miles18

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on Vernon CenterAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q48740358The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 968496. 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.