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West Monroe, New York

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1985. It stands in West Monroe town. It lies in ZIP code area 13167. It stands on Slocum Creek. The Survey maps it on the Mallory quadrangle.

West Monroe within Oswego County

Then and now

1905 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 80 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of West Monroe, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of West Monroe, surveyed 1905

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 19 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

120 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 120 fires within 5 miles of West Monroe between 2000 and 2020, burning about 63 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 15 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/undetermined63
Arson/incendiarism15
Debris and open burning11
Misuse of fire by a minor9
Natural9
Smoking8
Equipment and vehicle use2
Recreation and ceremony2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
6 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 September 2016Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
24 September 2018Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
18 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
17 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
10 September 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
7 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
29 August 2016Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Oswego County

Storms near this place

23 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names West Monroe in 23 storm reports between 1998 and 2025: 20 thunderstorm wind, 3 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
May 2001Thunderstorm WindWest Monroe$35,000no account filed
June 2016Thunderstorm WindWest Monroe$25,000Broadcast news showed a secured dock flipped over by thunderstorm winds in Shaw Bay.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindWest Monroe$20,000no account filed
September 2013Thunderstorm WindWest Monroe$15,000Law enforcement reported trees and wires down.
June 2006Thunderstorm WindWest Monroe$15,000no account filed
July 2005Thunderstorm WindWest Monroe$15,000no account filed
May 2004Thunderstorm WindWest Monroe$15,000no account filed
May 2017Thunderstorm WindWest Monroe$10,000Law enforcement reported trees and wires downed by thunderstorm winds.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindWest Monroe$10,000no account filed
September 2000Thunderstorm WindWest Monroe$10,000no account filed
May 1998Thunderstorm WindWest Monroe$10,000no account filed
May 2013HailWest Monroe$5,000no account filed
July 2024Thunderstorm WindWest Monroe$2,500Tree and wires downed.
April 2025Thunderstorm WindWest Monroe$2,000Trees and powerlines downed.
March 2025Thunderstorm WindWest Monroe$2,000Trees and wires downed in the Town of West Monroe.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindWest Monroe$2,000Trees and lines were downed in the town of West Monroe.
August 2022Thunderstorm WindWest Monroe$2,000Trees and wires were reported down.
May 2021Thunderstorm WindWest Monroe$2,000Trees and wires were reported down onto Whig Hill Road.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindWest Monroe$1,000Trees and wires were downed.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindWest Monroe$500Tree downed in West Monroe.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindWest Monroe$500A large tree was downed in West Monroe.
August 2023HailWest Monroe-Broadcast media relayed a public report of large hail on social media with a photo from the west side of Oneida Lake.
September 2013HailWest Monroe-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Oswego 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
Gulf Bridge0.7 miles19
Whig Hill1.0 miles19
Mud Settlement2.5 miles19
Toad Harbor2.8 miles29
Union Settlement3.0 miles19
Dutch Settlement3.1 miles19
Gayville3.3 miles19
Doris Park3.4 miles29

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 970804. 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.

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.