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One of 30 National Register listings published here for Orleans County · listed in 2022 · category: District.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Fancher World War II Memorial
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2022. 8 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1897.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 object as contributing to the listing.
- Address. Southwest corner of NY 31 and Fancher Rd., Murray, 14470
- When was it listed? August 2022
- Category. district
- Town. Murray town
- National Register reference number. 100007953 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Fires near this property
134 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 134 fires within 5 miles of Fancher World War II Memorial between 2001 and 2020, burning about 94 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 52 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 52 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 49 |
| Debris and open burning | 14 |
| Natural | 10 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2014 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 24 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 21 September 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 1 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 9 August 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 August 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Fancher World War II Memorial: 3 past producers, 1 prospect, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Lead, Zinc, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holly Quarry and Mill | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Clarendon Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken, Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Holly Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Manning Peat Bog Prospects | Lead, Zinc | Prospect | ||
| Mcnall Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken, Lead, Zinc | Past Producer |
Storms near this property
4 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Murray, the town this property stands in, in 4 storm reports between 2013 and 2024: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Murray | $10,000 | Law enforcement reported trees down near Murray. |
| May 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Murray | $5,000 | A tree was reported downed onto a car on North Main Street in Murray. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Murray | $1,000 | Trees downed near Carton and Ridge Roads. |
| August 2024 | Hail | Murray | - | Quarter sized hail in Murray. |
Maps showing this location
8 surveysUnited States Geological Survey topographic sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the coordinate the National Park Service records for this property, then testing that coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet.
- 1897 USGS Albion quadrangle1:62500 - 7 printings
- 1944 USGS Holley quadrangle1:31680
- 1950 USGS Albion quadrangle1:62500 - 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Holley quadrangle1:24000 - 3 printings
- 1952 USGS Toronto quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Toronto quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Toronto quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Lockport quadrangle1:100000 - 2 printings
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Mt. Albion Cemetery | 3.3 miles | 1976 |
 | Clarendon Stone Store | 3.6 miles | 2012 |
 | Odd Fellows Hall | 3.6 miles | 2015 |
 | Hillside Cemetery | 3.7 miles | 2013 |
 | Orleans County Courthouse Historic District | 5.1 miles | 1979 |
 | North Main-Bank Streets Historic District | 5.1 miles | 1994 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 100007953 in Record Group 79. |
| Orleans County | All 30 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.