Cliffside, New York
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Milford town. It lies in ZIP code area 12116. It stands on Spring Brook. The Survey maps it on the Milford quadrangle.
Then and now
1907 to 1985The same ground, surveyed 78 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
9 surveys from 19 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.
- 1907 USGS Cooperstown quadrangle1:62500
- 1909 USGS Cooperstown quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
- 1943 USGS Milford quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1945 USGS Milford quadrangle1:31680
- 1948 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Amsterdam quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
45 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 45 fires within 5 miles of Cliffside between 1993 and 2020, burning about 103 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 3 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 | 25 |
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 17 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 6 July 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 29 July 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 8 May 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 3 May 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 28 May 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 19 May 2009 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Cliffside: 3 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colliersville Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Hemlock Road Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Robertson Number 1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Milford Center | 0.8 miles | 19 | |
| Portlandville | 1.4 miles | 19 | |
| Colliersville | 1.6 miles | 17 | |
| Cooperstown Junction | 2.0 miles | 17 | |
| Emmons | 3.8 miles | 18 | |
| Maryland | 5.3 miles | 19 | |
| Milford | 5.6 miles | 19 | |
| Laurens | 5.8 miles | 18 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 946872. 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.








