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Wayne Center, New York

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Rose town. It lies in ZIP code area 14489. The Survey maps it on the Rose quadrangle.

Wayne Center within Wayne 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 Wayne Center, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Wayne Center, surveyed 1902

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 23 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

135 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 135 fires within 5 miles of Wayne Center between 2001 and 2020, burning about 110 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 32 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/undetermined80
Arson/incendiarism32
Natural8
Debris and open burning6
Equipment and vehicle use4
Recreation and ceremony3
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
7 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2013Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
5 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 September 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 September 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
29 September 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
29 September 2008Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Wayne 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 Wayne Center: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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
Highway Dept PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Sodus QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Sodus Quarry and PlantLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Wayne County

Storms near this place

1 since 2024

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wayne Center in 1 storm report in 2024: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 2024Thunderstorm WindWayne Center$500Tree downed on Route 14 near the border of Lyons and Sodus.

Every storm recorded in Wayne 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
South Sodus1.9 miles23
Thorntons Corner3.2 miles20
York3.5 miles23
Glenmark3.7 miles23
Pilgrimport3.8 miles22
North Rose4.3 miles23
Rose4.3 miles23
Alton4.3 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 968953. 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.