Glenfield, New York
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Martinsburg town. It lies in ZIP code area 13343. It stands on House Creek. The Survey maps it on the Glenfield quadrangle. It stands 768 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1905 to 1985The same ground, surveyed 80 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 21 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.
- 1905 USGS Port Leyden quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1907 USGS Port Leyden quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
- 1940 USGS Port Leyden quadrangle1:62500
- 1950 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1964 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Glenfield quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1967 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Watertown quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
40 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 40 fires within 5 miles of Glenfield between 2002 and 2020, burning about 31 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 2 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 | 26 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 9 August 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 August 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 23 July 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 16 July 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 5 June 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 4 June 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 25 June 2007 | Debris and open burning | 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 Glenfield: 1 past producer, 1 producer, 1 occurrence. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Fluorine-Fluorite, Lead, Sulfur. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Martinsburg Deposit | Fluorine-Fluorite, Lead, Sulfur | Occurrence | ||
| Hoch Brothers Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Waterworks Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
13 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Glenfield in 13 storm reports between 2001 and 2024: 12 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glenfield | $12,000 | no account filed |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glenfield | $10,000 | Law enforcement reported trees downed by thunderstorm winds. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glenfield | $5,000 | Multiple trees were reported downed onto Pine Grove Road near Schoolhouse Road. Power poles were also blown down. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glenfield | $2,000 | Trees and wires downed on Whitetail Dr. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glenfield | $2,000 | Multiple trees downed in Glenfield. |
| April 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glenfield | $2,000 | Trees and wires were downed. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glenfield | $2,000 | Trees and lines were downed. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glenfield | $2,000 | Multiple trees reported down on Pine Grove Road at Eatonville Road and Greeg Road at Brantingham Road. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glenfield | $2,000 | Trees brought arcing wires down at the intersection of School House Road and South Chases Lake Road in Glenfield. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glenfield | $1,000 | Trees were downed onto Blue Street. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glenfield | $500 | A tree was reported down onto Houseville Road. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glenfield | $500 | A tree was reported down onto Nortonville Road. |
| July 2024 | Hail | Glenfield | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glendale | 0.9 miles | 21 | |
| Otter Creek | 1.9 miles | 21 | |
| East Martinsburg | 2.7 miles | 21 | |
| Hoseville | 3.0 miles | 21 | |
| Pine Grove | 3.2 miles | 18 | |
| Greig | 3.2 miles | 21 | |
| Martinsburg | 4.0 miles | 21 | |
| Bushes Landing | 4.7 miles | 18 |
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 Glenfield | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q48740289 | 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 951212. 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.









