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Meads Creek, New York

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Campbell town. It lies in ZIP code area 14870. The Survey maps it on the Bradford quadrangle.

Meads Creek within Steuben County

Then and now

1903 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 83 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Meads Creek, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Meads Creek, surveyed 1903

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 22 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

76 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 76 fires within 5 miles of Meads Creek between 1992 and 2020, burning about 123 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 11 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/undetermined29
Debris and open burning20
Arson/incendiarism11
Equipment and vehicle use7
Natural5
Smoking3
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
9 September 2003Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
2 September 1999Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
7 August 1999Debris and open burning1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
27 August 2005Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
21 August 2016Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
21 August 2006Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
17 August 2020Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreNew York Forest RangersGOUNDRY HILL FIRE
16 August 2020Natural5.0 acresFire Department of New YorkNA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Steuben County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Meads Creek: 2 producers, 2 past producers. 2 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
J.D.Engle No.2 WellSaltPast Producer
Atwood PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Morehouse PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Slebe PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Steuben County

Storms near this place

1 since 2013

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Meads Creek in 1 storm report in 2013: 1 flash flood. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2013Flash FloodMeads Creek$25,000Significant flooding was reported on Route 414 near the Steuben and Chemung county line. People were rescued from the roof of a car, and a nearby campground was evacuated.

Every storm recorded in Steuben 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
South Bradford3.0 miles23
Hornby3.5 miles23
East Campbell3.8 miles23
Dyke5.3 miles23
Sonora5.5 miles23
Curtis5.8 miles23
Campbell5.8 miles23
Savona6.4 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 956893. 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.