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Vernon, 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 13476. It stands on Beaver Meadow Creek. The Survey maps it on the Vernon quadrangle. 1,177 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 633 feet above sea level.

Vernon 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, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Vernon, surveyed 1895

On record in Vernon

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 2 records

Population over time

2 figures

Vernon grew from 1,172 to 1,177 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
20101,172
20201,177+5 (+0%)

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

88 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 88 fires within 5 miles of Vernon between 2000 and 2019, burning about 61 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/undetermined36
Debris and open burning22
Arson/incendiarism19
Natural7
Smoking2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
7 September 2015Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
3 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
22 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
7 August 2012Missing 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
25 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder 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

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Vernon: 4 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gypsum-Anhydrite, Iron. 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
Klein FarmIronPast Producer
Valley Mills QuarryGypsum-AnhydritePast Producer
Johnson Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Lanz Gravel BedSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Vernon Gravel BedSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Oneida County

Storms near this place

11 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Vernon in 11 storm reports between 2000 and 2013: 6 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 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
September 2013Thunderstorm WindVernon$5,000Trees were blown down at both Vernon and Delta Dam.
May 2010Thunderstorm WindVernon$2,000Trees were knocked down in Vernon, Verona and Moreland.
May 2008HailVernon$2,000Nickel to quarter size hail was also reported with this storm. The storm also knocked down small tree branches.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindVernon$1,000A few trees and some wires down
April 2001FloodVernon-Thunderstorms early in the morning of April 8th produced heavy rains across portions of Oneida county and created some locallized flooding. Portions of Route 233 and River Street in Oriskany, Mohawk Street in Whitestown, and Wurz Avenue in North Utica were closed due to flooding. Portions of Route 5 were also closed due to flooding. Most roads were reopened by the morning of April 10th.
May 2000Flash FloodVernon-Route 5 was reported to be under 1 to 2 feet of water as a result of heavy thunderstorm rains. Some residences were also damaged. One woman had to be rescued from a flooded trailer. Bartholemew Park sustained significant flood damage.
May 2008HailVernon-no account filed
July 2008HailVernon-no account filed
August 2007HailVernon-no account filed
August 2007HailVernon-no account filed
May 2000HailVernon-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
Brewers Corner2.2 miles25
Vernon Center2.7 miles25
Sherrill3.1 miles25
Willow Place4.0 miles25
Dams Corner4.2 miles25
Verona4.4 miles25
Verona Station4.5 miles25
Lowell4.6 miles25

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 VernonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3460651The 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 968495. 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.