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Meco, New York

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Johnstown town. It lies in ZIP code area 12078. It lies near Peck Hill. The Survey maps it on the Peck Lake quadrangle.

Meco within Fulton County

Then and now

1903 to 1985

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 Meco, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Meco, surveyed 1903

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 21 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

275 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 275 fires within 5 miles of Meco between 1993 and 2020, burning about 231 acres in total. 20 started naturally. 35 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/undetermined142
Arson/incendiarism35
Debris and open burning33
Natural20
Smoking11
Misuse of fire by a minor11
Equipment and vehicle use11
Power generation/transmission/distribution7
Recreation and ceremony5

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 2001Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
7 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
7 September 2007Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
26 September 2009Misuse of fire by a minor2.8 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
15 September 2016Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Fulton County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Meco: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gemstone. 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
Crystal Grove Diamond MineGemstoneProducer1955
Santos Construction PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Twin Cities Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Fulton County

Storms near this place

2 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Meco in 2 storm reports between 2000 and 2026: 2 thunderstorm wind. 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 2000Thunderstorm WindMeco$2,000no account filed
April 2026Thunderstorm WindMeco-Local law enforcement reported a tree down on N. Shore Road and another on Woodworth Lake Road in Gloversville.

Every storm recorded in Fulton 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
Smiths Corners0.7 miles21
West Bush1.9 miles21
Gloversville2.1 miles22
Kingsboro2.3 miles22
Berkshire3.4 miles22
Johnstown3.5 miles22
Hale Mills3.6 miles22
Dennies Crossing4.0 miles22

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 956899. 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.