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Whitesboro, New York

26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Whitestown town. It lies in ZIP code area 13492. It stands on Mud Creek. The Survey maps it on the Utica West quadrangle. 3,612 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 423 feet above sea level.

Whitesboro 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 Whitesboro, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Whitesboro, surveyed 1895

On record in Whitesboro

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 1 record

Population over time

2 figures

Whitesboro fell from 3,772 to 3,612 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
20103,772
20203,612-160 (-4%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 26 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

382 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 382 fires within 5 miles of Whitesboro between 2000 and 2020, burning about 238 acres in total. 31 started naturally. 39 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/undetermined193
Smoking54
Debris and open burning44
Arson/incendiarism39
Natural31
Misuse of fire by a minor12
Equipment and vehicle use4
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Recreation and ceremony2

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
9 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
6 September 2000Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2008Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2000Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 September 2000Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
26 September 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
25 September 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
23 September 2007Missing 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

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Whitesboro: 5 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Semiprecious Gemstone, Clay. 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
Ace of Diamonds MineSemiprecious GemstoneProducer1967
Unnamed Brick Clay DepositClayPast Producer
Burrows PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Doyles'Place Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
West PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Whitesboro Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Woods Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Oneida County

Storms near this place

28 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Whitesboro in 28 storm reports between 1993 and 2023: 14 thunderstorm wind, 7 hail, 5 flash flood, 2 lightning. 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
June 2014Flash FloodWhitesboro$15,000Water from Saquoit Creek was flooding Oneida Street from Saquoit to Whitesboro.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindWhitesboro$10,000Strong thunderstorm winds brought down multiple trees and wires.
May 2020Thunderstorm WindWhitesboro$5,000Strong thunderstorm winds brought down wires.
May 2013Thunderstorm WindWhitesboro$5,000Trees were blown down.
May 2013Thunderstorm WindWhitesboro$5,000Trees and wires were blown down by thunderstorm winds.
July 2013Flash FloodWhitesboro$5,000Main Street in Whitesboro was covered by a foot of water.
August 2005Thunderstorm WindWhitesboro$5,000Thunderstorm winds downed trees and wires.
May 2004LightningWhitesboro$5,000Lightning struck two 911 towers on Base Road in Whitestown knocking them out. The lightning caused radio inference and some phone line problems. Time of occurrence is estimated.
August 1993Thunderstorm WindWhitesboro$5,000A squall line moved across eastern New York on the afternoon and evening of August 2nd resulting in severe thunderstorms across parts of the region. There were numerous reports of large tree limbs, trees and power lines downed by thunderstorm winds. The areas hardest hit were Herkimer, Montgomery, Oneida, Otsego and Washington Counties. In all over 15,000 customers were left without power.
August 1993Thunderstorm WindWhitesboro$5,000no account filed
August 2007LightningWhitesboro$4,000A tree and a house were struck by lightning.
August 2016Thunderstorm WindWhitesboro$3,000A thunderstorm moved across the region and became severe. This thunderstorm resulted in a tree being knocked over on Judd Road.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindWhitesboro$2,000Thunderstorm winds downed trees and wires.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindWhitesboro$1,000Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down tree onto a roadway.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindWhitesboro$1,000Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down a tree onto a roadway.
December 2023Flash FloodWhitesboro-Swift water rescues evacuated 12 people from near the Sauquoit Creek. All 12 people were successfully rescued with no injuries.
May 2013Thunderstorm WindWhitesboro-Half of a tree was blown down by thunderstorm winds.
March 2008Flash FloodWhitesboro-Roads were flooded, along with several basements of homes.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindWhitesboro-Several trees were blown down.
May 2000Thunderstorm WindWhitesboro-Thunderstorm winds brought down trees on houses.
May 2000Flash FloodWhitesboro-Numerous roads flooded following heavy thunderstorm rains. Sauquoit Creek washed out a portion of the Route 69 bridge.
May 2013HailWhitesboro-no account filed
May 2007HailWhitesboro-no account filed
June 2007HailWhitesboro-no account filed
August 2007HailWhitesboro-no account filed
August 2007HailWhitesboro-no account filed
August 2006HailWhitesboro-no account filed
August 2006HailWhitesboro-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
New York Mills1.1 miles26
Yorkville1.3 miles26
Careys Corners1.8 miles26
Maynard2.0 miles26
Colemans Mills2.9 miles26
Oriskany3.3 miles26
Marcy3.4 miles26
New Hartford3.4 miles26

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 WhitesboroAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q515404The 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 971160. 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.