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.
Then and now
1895 to 1985The 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.


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
Vernon Methodist Churchlisted 1998- Vernon Center Green Historic Districtlisted 1985
Population over time
2 figuresVernon 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,172 | |
| 2020 | 1,177 | +5 (+0%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 25 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1895 USGS Oneida quadrangle1:62500
- 1898 USGS Oneida quadrangle1:62500
- 1902 USGS Oneida quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
- 1939 USGS Oneida quadrangle1:62500
- 1946 USGS Oneida quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1948 USGS Vernon quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Vernon quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1964 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Utica quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
88 since 2000Regional 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/undetermined | 36 |
| Debris and open burning | 22 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 19 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 3 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 22 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 7 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 5 August 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 4 August 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 3 August 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 25 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Klein Farm | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Valley Mills Quarry | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Past Producer | ||
| Johnson Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Lanz Gravel Bed | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Vernon Gravel Bed | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
11 since 2000Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vernon | $5,000 | Trees were blown down at both Vernon and Delta Dam. |
| May 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vernon | $2,000 | Trees were knocked down in Vernon, Verona and Moreland. |
| May 2008 | Hail | Vernon | $2,000 | Nickel to quarter size hail was also reported with this storm. The storm also knocked down small tree branches. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vernon | $1,000 | A few trees and some wires down |
| April 2001 | Flood | Vernon | - | 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 2000 | Flash Flood | Vernon | - | 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 2008 | Hail | Vernon | - | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Hail | Vernon | - | no account filed |
| August 2007 | Hail | Vernon | - | no account filed |
| August 2007 | Hail | Vernon | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Hail | Vernon | - | no account filed |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brewers Corner | 2.2 miles | 25 | |
| Vernon Center | 2.7 miles | 25 | |
| Sherrill | 3.1 miles | 25 | |
| Willow Place | 4.0 miles | 25 | |
| Dams Corner | 4.2 miles | 25 | |
| Verona | 4.4 miles | 25 | |
| Verona Station | 4.5 miles | 25 | |
| Lowell | 4.6 miles | 25 |
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 | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3460651 | The 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.












