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Victory, New York

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Victory town. It lies in ZIP code area 13033. It stands on Little Sodus Creek. The Survey maps it on the Victory quadrangle.

Victory within Cayuga County

Then and now

1902 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 83 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Victory, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Victory, surveyed 1902

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

63 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 63 fires within 5 miles of Victory between 1999 and 2020, burning about 66 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 5 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/undetermined31
Recreation and ceremony8
Debris and open burning7
Equipment and vehicle use5
Arson/incendiarism5
Natural4
Smoking3

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
4 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
21 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
16 September 2016Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
1 September 1999Smoking1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
26 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
24 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
14 August 2020Natural4.5 acresFire Department of New YorkNA
25 July 2014Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cayuga County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Victory: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. 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
B. R. De Witt, Inc.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Town of Victory PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Town of Victory PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Cayuga County

Storms near this place

22 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Victory in 22 storm reports between 1996 and 2024: 13 thunderstorm wind, 9 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
July 2005Thunderstorm WindVictory$15,000no account filed
June 2024Thunderstorm WindVictory$10,000Multiple trees and wires downed in the town of Victory.
May 2013Thunderstorm WindNorth Victory$10,000Thunderstorm winds broke trees limbs and flipped heavy, wooden furniture.
May 2012Thunderstorm WindVictory$10,000Law enforcement reported trees and wires down.
September 2012Thunderstorm WindVictory$10,000Law enforcement reported trees and wires down.
August 2004Thunderstorm WindVictory$8,000no account filed
August 1996Thunderstorm WindVictory$8,000no account filed
June 2022Thunderstorm WindVictory$5,000Trees and wires were reported down.
May 2013HailNorth Victory$5,000no account filed
May 2013HailNorth Victory$5,000no account filed
July 2008HailVictory$5,000no account filed
September 2005Thunderstorm WindVictory$5,000no account filed
July 2023Thunderstorm WindVictory$2,000Trees and wires were downed near Victory at Duck Lake Road and State Route 370.
November 2020Thunderstorm WindVictory$2,000Trees and powerlines were reported downed.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindNorth Victory$1,000Trees downed at the intersection of Sterling Station Road and Fintches Corners Rd.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindVictory$500A tree was downed over the road.
June 2022HailVictory-no account filed
May 2013HailNorth Victory-no account filed
May 2013HailNorth Victory-no account filed
May 2013HailNorth Victory-no account filed
May 2013HailNorth Victory-no account filed
July 2008HailVictory-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
Westbury3.2 miles24
North Victory4.1 miles24
Cato4.8 miles26
Bethel Corners5.2 miles26
Spring Lake5.3 miles24
Conquest5.3 miles26
Ira5.5 miles26
Fintches Corners5.7 miles24

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 968531. 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.