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Cedarvale, New York

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Onondaga town. It lies in ZIP code area 13215. The Survey maps it on the South Onondaga quadrangle.

Cedarvale within Onondaga County

Then and now

1900 to 1986

The 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 sheet of Cedarvale, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Cedarvale, surveyed 1900

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 27 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

145 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 145 fires within 5 miles of Cedarvale between 2000 and 2020, burning about 108 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 20 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/undetermined81
Arson/incendiarism20
Debris and open burning12
Misuse of fire by a minor10
Natural9
Recreation and ceremony5
Equipment and vehicle use3
Smoking3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2

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
7 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresFire Department of New YorkNA
6 September 2015Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
5 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresFire Department of New YorkNA
4 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
28 September 2017Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
27 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
27 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Onondaga County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Cedarvale: 4 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Marcellus QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Marcellus PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Marcellus Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
South Onondaga PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
South Onondaga Pit & Nedrow MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Van Slyke PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Van Slyke PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Onondaga County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Wellington Corner1.6 miles28
Cards Corners1.6 miles28
Nichols Corners1.9 miles27
Navarino2.9 miles28
South Onondaga3.1 miles27
Loomis Hill3.2 miles29
Kellys Corners3.4 miles24
Joshua3.5 miles27

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 946158. 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.