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Le Roy Historic District

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2017. 9 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1904.

From the record

One of 27 National Register listings published here for Genesee County · listed in 2017 · category: District.

Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

Fires near this property

89 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 89 fires within 5 miles of Le Roy Historic District between 2000 and 2020, burning about 61 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 14 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/undetermined49
Arson/incendiarism14
Debris and open burning13
Natural6
Equipment and vehicle use3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Smoking1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
8 September 2002Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
30 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
20 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
15 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 August 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
8 August 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
6 August 2005Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Every fire recorded in Genesee County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Le Roy Historic District: 8 past producers, 2 producers, 1 plant. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Salt, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General, Natural Gas. 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
Allen's Creek DepositGypsum-AnhydritePast Producer
C.Davis No.1 WellSalt, Natural GasPast Producer
Lake Road Gravel ProductsSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
North Leroy QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Leroy MillStone, Crushed/BrokenPlant
Leroy QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
North Leroy QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
C.H.Ivison No.1 WellSaltPast Producer
Lehigh Salt ShaftSaltPast Producer
Salt WellSaltPast Producer

Every working recorded in Genesee County

Storms near this property

22 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Le Roy, the town this property stands in, in 22 storm reports between 1998 and 2025: 14 thunderstorm wind, 5 flash flood, 3 heavy rain. 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 2012Flash FloodLe Roy$50,000no account filed
June 2005Thunderstorm WindLe Roy$20,000no account filed
July 2016Thunderstorm WindLe Roy$15,000Thunderstorm winds downed trees on West Main Street.
May 2004Thunderstorm WindLe Roy$15,000no account filed
June 2015Thunderstorm WindLe Roy$10,000Law enforcement reported trees and wires downed by thunderstorm winds.
January 2012Thunderstorm WindLe Roy$10,000Law enforcement reported trees and power lines down.
January 2008Thunderstorm WindLe Roy$10,000no account filed
June 2007Thunderstorm WindLe Roy$10,000no account filed
May 2004Thunderstorm WindLe Roy$10,000no account filed
January 1998Flash FloodLe Roy$10,000no account filed
July 2024Thunderstorm WindLe Roy$2,000Trees and wires downed.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindLe Roy$2,000Trees and power lines were reported down in Le Roy.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindLe Roy$2,000Trees and poles were reported down.
January 1998Flash FloodLe Roy$1,000no account filed
January 1998Flash FloodLe Roy$1,000no account filed
October 2024Thunderstorm WindLe Roy$500Tree downed on road.
March 2025Thunderstorm WindLe Roy-Tree downed onto house on Ward Place in Le Roy, causing minor damage.
July 2024Flash FloodLe Roy-New York State Route 5 and railroad underpass flooded. Around 5 feet of water.
August 2020Heavy RainLe Roy-A trained spotter reported 2.06 inches of rainfall.
January 2012Thunderstorm WindLe Roy-A spotter reported trees and power lines down.
July 2021Heavy RainLe Roy-no account filed
July 2021Heavy RainLe Roy-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Genesee County

Maps showing this location

9 surveys

United States Geological Survey topographic sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the middle of the area the National Park Service maps for this listing, then testing that coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet.

Listed places nearby

6 within 8 miles

Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.

Photograph PropertyDistance Listed
First Presbyterian Church of Le Royunder 500 feet2014
Keeney Houseunder 500 feet1979
US Post Office-Le Roy0.1 miles1989
St. Mark's Episcopal Church & Cemetery0.2 miles2021
St. Mark's Episcopal Church & Cemetery0.3 miles2021
LeRoy House and Union Free School0.3 miles1997

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 100000612 in Record Group 79.
Genesee CountyAll 27 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

  • Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
  • Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
  • How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
  • 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.