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Meadowbrook Park, New York

37 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Newfield town. It lies in ZIP code area 14867. It stands on West Branch Cayuga Inlet. The Survey maps it on the Ithaca West quadrangle.

Meadowbrook Park within Tompkins County

Then and now

1893 to 1992

The same ground, surveyed 99 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Meadowbrook Park, surveyed 1992
Topographic sheet of Meadowbrook Park, surveyed 1893

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 37 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

98 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 98 fires within 5 miles of Meadowbrook Park between 1992 and 2020, burning about 86 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 17 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/undetermined49
Arson/incendiarism17
Smoking15
Natural9
Debris and open burning5
Recreation and ceremony1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
9 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
28 August 2008Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
28 August 2008Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
17 August 2015Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
17 August 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
16 August 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tompkins County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Meadowbrook Park: 8 past producers, 4 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Salt. 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
Ithaca Deep Well No.1SaltPast Producer
Bailey PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Brooktondale PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Havlik PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Havlik PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Landstrom Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Landstrom Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Pit Number 3Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Pit Number 3Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Tompkins PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Tompkins 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
Newfield2.3 miles33
Stratton2.5 miles33
Trumbull Corners4.1 miles35
Cloverland Park4.2 miles33
Danby4.4 miles28
South Hill4.6 miles27
West Danby4.6 miles33
Kennedy Corner4.6 miles37

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2514398. 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.