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One of 233 National Register listings published here for Monroe County · listed in 2019 · category: District.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Koda-Vista Historic District
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2019. 13 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1895.
The listing
- Address. Hoover & Vista Drs., Merrick, Allerton, Hammond, Maiden, Acton, Ayer & Elmguard Sts., portion of West Ridge Rd., Greece, 14615
- When was it listed? August 2019
- Category. district
- Town. Greece town
- National Register reference number. 100004270 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Then and now
1895 to 1994The ground this property stands on, surveyed 99 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Fires near this property
2,344 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2,344 fires within 5 miles of Koda-Vista Historic District between 2000 and 2020, burning about 1,474 acres in total. 134 started naturally. 328 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/undetermined | 1196 |
| Smoking | 443 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 328 |
| Natural | 134 |
| Debris and open burning | 87 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 66 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 48 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 21 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 16 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 5 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 9 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 9 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 9 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 9 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 9 September 2003 | Smoking | 2.0 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 9 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 9 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Koda-Vista Historic District: 1 producer, 1 unknown, 1 plant. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Silver, Aluminum. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gates Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Howard & Bowen Corp/Rochester, N.Y. | Silver | Unknown | ||
| Rochester Smelt & Ref/Rochester, Ny | Aluminum | Plant |
Storms near this property
25 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Greece, the town this property stands in, in 25 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 17 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 2 lightning, 1 flash flood. The reports record 1 injury. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 1996 | Lightning | Greece | 1 hurt | no account filed |
| August 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greece | $35,000 | no account filed |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greece | $25,000 | Thunderstorm winds knocked a tree onto a house on Tarwood Drive in Gates. |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greece | $25,000 | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Flash Flood | Greece | $20,000 | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greece | $20,000 | no account filed |
| September 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greece | $15,000 | Law enforcement reported trees and wires down near Ridge Road West. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greece | $15,000 | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greece | $15,000 | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greece | $15,000 | no account filed |
| August 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greece | $15,000 | no account filed |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greece | $10,000 | Thunderstorm winds down trees on Pasadena Drive in Gates. |
| August 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greece | $10,000 | Law enforcement reported wires downed by thunderstorm winds. |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greece | $10,000 | Thunderstorms winds downed numerous trees and power lines. |
| April 2006 | Hail | Greece | $8,000 | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Lightning | Greece | $5,000 | no account filed |
| April 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greece | $2,000 | Trees and wires downed. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greece | $2,000 | Trees and wires were reported down. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greece | $2,000 | Trees and wires were reported down. |
| March 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greece | $1,000 | Tree down on wires in Greece. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greece | - | Three limbs downed on Maiden Road near NY-390. |
| August 2013 | Hail | Greece | - | no account filed |
| August 2011 | Hail | Greece | - | no account filed |
| September 2010 | Hail | Greece | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Greece | - | no account filed |
Maps showing this location
13 surveysUnited 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.
- 1895 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:62500
- 1898 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:62500 - 5 printings
- 1912 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:62500 - 2 printings
- 1920 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:62500 - 5 printings
- 1931 USGS Rochester West quadrangle1:24000
- 1935 USGS Rochester West quadrangle1:24000 - 2 printings
- 1952 USGS Rochester West quadrangle1:24000 - 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:250000 - 3 printings
- 1965 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Rochester West quadrangle1:24000 - 4 printings
- 1984 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:100000 - 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Rochester West quadrangle1:24000
Listed places nearby
6 within 8 milesOther 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 | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ramona Park Historic District | 0.9 miles | 2010 | |
| Greece Memorial Hall | 1.5 miles | 1998 | |
 | Aquinas Institute | 1.7 miles | 1989 |
 | Holy Rosary Church Complex | 2.0 miles | 2012 |
| Maplewood Historic District (Boundary Increase) | 2.0 miles | 2016 | |
 | Saint Bernard's Seminary | 2.0 miles | 1996 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 100004270 in Record Group 79. |
| Monroe County | All 233 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.