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Meadow Wood, New York

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Rush town. It lies in ZIP code area 14543. It stands on Honeoye Creek. The Survey maps it on the Rush quadrangle.

Meadow Wood within Monroe County

Then and now

1901 to 1983

The same ground, surveyed 82 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Meadow Wood, surveyed 1983
Topographic sheet of Meadow Wood, surveyed 1901

On record in Meadow Wood

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 25 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

117 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 117 fires within 5 miles of Meadow Wood between 2000 and 2020, burning about 104 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 24 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/undetermined46
Arson/incendiarism24
Debris and open burning19
Natural11
Equipment and vehicle use7
Smoking5
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Recreation and ceremony1

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
27 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
2 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
2 September 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
17 September 2006Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 August 2010Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
28 August 2005Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
25 August 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
24 August 2010Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Monroe County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Meadow Wood: 8 producers, 5 past producers. 8 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
East Avon Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Halpin PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Halpin Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Highway Department PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Highway Department PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Highway Department PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Highway Department PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Number 1 PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Number 2 PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Plant Number 2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Monroe 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
Golah1.1 miles25
West Rush1.9 miles25
North Rush3.5 miles28
Manns Corner4.5 miles28
Martin5.0 miles28
Rush5.0 miles25
Scottsville5.0 miles28
Garbutt5.4 miles24

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 972785. 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.