Madison Center, New York

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Madison town. It lies in ZIP code area 13402. It lies near Johnnycake Hill. The Survey maps it on the Oriskany Falls quadrangle.

Madison Center within Madison County

Then and now

1907 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 79 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Madison Center, surveyed 1986

Topographic sheet of Madison Center, surveyed 1907

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 19 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.

1907 USGS Sangerfield quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
1943 USGS Oriskany Falls quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1943 USGS Sangerfield quadrangle1:62500
1944 USGS Oriskany Falls quadrangle1:24000
1944 USGS Oriskany Falls quadrangle1:31680
1948 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
1950 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1958 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
1963 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
1986 USGS Norwich quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

89 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 89 fires within 5 miles of Madison Center between 1999 and 2020, burning about 72 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 18 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	45
Arson/incendiarism	18
Debris and open burning	12
Misuse of fire by a minor	6
Natural	5
Smoking	3

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
3 September 2017	Smoking	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
25 September 2005	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
14 September 2019	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
6 August 2007	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
5 July 2008	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
19 July 2006	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
17 July 2011	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
13 July 2018	Debris and open burning	9.7 acres	New York Forest Rangers	JOHNNYCAKE HILL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Madison County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Madison Center: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. 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
	Melvin Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Madison 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Sigby Corners	1.2 miles	17
Madison	1.5 miles	18
Solsville	2.3 miles	18
Bouckville	2.9 miles	18
Pecksport	3.9 miles	19
Pine Woods	4.3 miles	18
Hamilton	4.4 miles	19
Hubbardsville	4.7 miles	17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 956254. 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.