Cardiff, New York
27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1986. It stands in LaFayette town. It lies in ZIP code area 13084. The Survey maps it on the South Onondaga quadrangle.
Then and now
1900 to 1986The same ground, surveyed 86 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 27 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1900 USGS Tully quadrangle1:62500, 9 printings
- 1943 USGS South Onondaga quadrangle1:31680
- 1950 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS South Onondaga quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Tully quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1965 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS South Onondaga quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Auburn quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
121 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 121 fires within 5 miles of Cardiff between 2002 and 2020, burning about 126 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 16 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 | 71 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 16 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 11 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 September 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 27 September 2014 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 24 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 21 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 20 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 2 September 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 2 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 8 August 2014 | Smoking | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Cardiff: 4 past producers, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Salt, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock Cut Quarry and Mill | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Cardiff Salt Well | Salt | Prospect | ||
| Solvay Well D-1 | Salt | Past Producer | ||
| Solvay Well S-2 | Salt | Past Producer | ||
| Tully Brine Wells | Salt | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2020Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cardiff in 3 storm reports between 2020 and 2021: 2 flash flood, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2021 | Flash Flood | Cardiff | $10,000 | Flash flooding reported on US-20 between Tully Farms Road and Case Hill Road. All lanes closed. |
| October 2021 | Flash Flood | Cardiff | $10,000 | Flooding on Interstate 81, NY-11 and U.S. Route 20 near Exit 15 in Lafayette. All lanes closed. |
| October 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cardiff | $5,000 | Strong thunderstorm winds snapped a tree in half and brought down wires. |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baileys Settlement | 0.7 miles | 27 | |
| LaFayette | 2.0 miles | 28 | |
| Parc du Bois | 2.2 miles | 27 | |
| Maple Grove | 2.5 miles | 27 | |
| Onativia | 2.9 miles | 28 | |
| Big Bend | 3.0 miles | 28 | |
| Collingwood | 3.5 miles | 27 | |
| Indian Village | 3.9 miles | 27 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Cardiff | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5038362 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 945817. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
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.









