Nine Mile Creek Aqueduct

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. 9 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1900.

From the record

“Nine Mile Creek Aqueduct is a restored stone and wood aqueduct of the Erie Canal over Nine Mile Creek in Camillus, New York, United States. It was built in 1841 and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.”
Wikipedia article Nine Mile Creek Aqueduct, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 178 National Register listings published here for Onondaga County · listed in 1976 · category: Structure.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 structure as contributing to the listing.
Address. NE of Camillus on Thompson Rd., Camillus, 13031
When was it listed? May 1976
Category. structure
Town. Camillus town
Architect. Frederick Cecil Mills
National Register reference number. 76001256 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.

Fires near this property

286 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 286 fires within 5 miles of Nine Mile Creek Aqueduct between 2000 and 2020, burning about 201 acres in total. 24 started naturally. 41 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	130
Arson/incendiarism	41
Equipment and vehicle use	35
Natural	24
Smoking	18
Debris and open burning	16
Misuse of fire by a minor	11
Recreation and ceremony	7
Power generation/transmission/distribution	4

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 2015	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	NA
8 September 2020	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	NA
8 September 2015	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	NA
7 September 2018	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
7 September 2008	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Fire Department of New York	not named
6 September 2015	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	NA
5 September 2015	Smoking	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	NA

Every fire recorded in Onondaga County

Mines and quarries near this property

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Nine Mile Creek Aqueduct: 5 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Gypsum-Anhydrite, Clay, Bloating Material, Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Marcellus Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Warners	Bloating Material	Producer	Sedimentary
Syracuse Pottery Clay Mine	Clay	Past Producer
Warners Clay Pit	Clay	Past Producer
Camillus Quarry	Gypsum-Anhydrite	Past Producer
Halfway Quarry	Gypsum-Anhydrite	Past Producer
Nine Mile Creek Quarry	Gypsum-Anhydrite	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Onondaga County

Storms near this property

20 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Camillus, the town this property stands in, in 20 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 10 thunderstorm wind, 7 hail, 1 lightning, 1 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.

When	Event	Place named	Harm	What the report says
October 2021	Flash Flood	Camillus	$150,000	Flash flooding damaged numerous roadways and homes. Voluntary evacuation of 14 homes occurred due to flooding.
August 1994	Thunderstorm Wind	Camillus	$50,000	no account filed
July 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Camillus	$20,000	A confirmed microburst produce 65 to 75 MPH winds which downed large branches. Some evergreen trees were snapped and trees were uprooted.
July 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Camillus	$20,000	no account filed
July 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Camillus	$10,000	Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down trees and wires on Genessee Road.
April 2006	Lightning	Camillus	$10,000	Several houses struck by lightning
June 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	Camillus	$8,000	Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down trees and wires on three separate roads.
August 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Camillus	$5,000	Strong thunderstorm winds brought down trees and blew around lawn furniture.
July 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Camillus	$3,500	Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down a pole and wires. The pole and wires fell on a car. Unknown if car was occupied or if there were injuries.
June 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Camillus	$1,500	Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down a tree onto a house. Information provided by a tree removal company.
August 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Camillus	$1,000	Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down a tree on wires.
May 2017	Hail	Camillus	-	A thunderstorm developed over the area and produced penny sized hail.
July 2008	Heavy Rain	Camillus	-	A one hour rainfall amount of 1.25 inches was recorded.
May 2004	Hail	Camillus	-	0.88 inch hail.
May 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Camillus	-	Trees and wires down.
April 2011	Hail	Camillus	-	no account filed
April 2011	Hail	Camillus	-	no account filed
July 2009	Hail	Camillus	-	no account filed
July 2008	Hail	Camillus	-	no account filed
June 2007	Hail	Camillus	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Onondaga County

Maps showing this location

9 surveys

United 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.

1900 USGS Baldwinsville quadrangle1:62500 - 9 printings
1943 USGS Camillus quadrangle1:31680
1943 USGS Camillus quadrangle1:24000 - 2 printings
1955 USGS Camillus quadrangle1:24000 - 2 printings
1957 USGS Baldwinsville quadrangle1:62500
1960 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
1961 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:250000 - 3 printings
1965 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:250000
1985 USGS Syracuse quadrangle1:100000 - 3 printings

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.

Property	Distance	Listed
Wilcox Octagon House	1.3 miles	1983
Camillus Union Free School	1.6 miles	1991
Camillus Cutlery Company Headquarters	1.7 miles	2018
First Baptist Church of Camillus	1.8 miles	2001
Martisco Station	3.8 miles	2007
Solvay Public Library	4.0 miles	2007

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 76001256 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Onondaga County	All 178 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.