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Starkey United Methodist Church

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994. 8 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1902.

From the record

“Starkey United Methodist Church is a historic United Methodist church located at Starkey in Yates County, New York. It is a Greek Revival style structure built about 1828.”

Wikipedia article Starkey United Methodist Church, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 66 National Register listings published here for Yates County · listed in 1994 · category: Building.

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 building as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. Lakemont--Himrod Rd., Starkey, 14837
  • When was it listed? August 1994
  • Category. building
  • Also known as. Yates County MPS
  • Town. Starkey town
  • Architectural style. Greek Revival architecture
  • National Register reference number. 94000955 - 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

94 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 94 fires within 5 miles of Starkey United Methodist Church between 1992 and 2020, burning about 82 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 9 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/undetermined41
Debris and open burning23
Arson/incendiarism9
Natural8
Recreation and ceremony4
Smoking4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Other causes1

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
28 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
7 August 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
5 August 2005Other causesunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 August 2005Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
31 August 2003Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
19 August 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
19 August 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
15 August 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Every fire recorded in Yates County

Mines and quarries near this property

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Starkey United Methodist Church: 3 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Halite, Salt. 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
Seneca Lake MineHalitePast ProducerHalite
Seneca Lake MineSaltPast Producer
Arcangeli PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Holly PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Holly PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Yates County

Storms near this property

1 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Starkey, the town this property stands in, in 1 storm report in 2008: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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
January 2008Thunderstorm WindStarkey$1,000Trees and wires were blown down by thunderstorm winds.

Every storm recorded in Yates County

Maps showing this location

8 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.

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
Thomas Bennett Curtis House0.9 miles1994
John Noyes House1.1 miles1994
Dr. Henry Spence Cobblestone Farmhouse and Barn Complex1.5 miles1992
William Swortz House2.0 miles1994
Uriah Hair House2.1 miles1994
Dundee Village Historic District2.2 miles2007

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 94000955 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Yates CountyAll 66 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.