Meno, New York

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1921 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Santa Clara town. It lies in ZIP code area 12970. It lies near Jennings Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Meno quadrangle.

Meno within Franklin County

Then and now

1921 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 73 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Meno, surveyed 1994

Topographic sheet of Meno, surveyed 1921

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 16 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.

1921 USGS Santa Clara quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1923 USGS Santa Clara quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
1948 USGS Ogdensburg quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1951 USGS Ogdensburg quadrangle1:250000
1953 USGS Ogdensburg quadrangle1:250000
1961 USGS Ogdensburg quadrangle1:250000
1964 USGS Meno quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1985 USGS Massena quadrangle1:100000
1994 USGS Massena quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

38 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 38 fires within 5 miles of Meno between 1992 and 2015, burning about 77 acres in total. 6 started naturally. None was 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
Recreation and ceremony	17
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	12
Natural	6
Debris and open burning	1
Misuse of fire by a minor	1
Smoking	1

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
7 September 1996	Recreation and ceremony	1.0 acres	New York Forest Rangers	not named
5 September 1999	Recreation and ceremony	1.0 acres	New York Forest Rangers	not named
3 September 2009	Natural	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
24 September 2005	Natural	under an acre	New York Forest Rangers	not named
22 September 2006	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	New York Forest Rangers	not named
21 September 1995	Recreation and ceremony	1.0 acres	New York Forest Rangers	not named
20 September 2015	Natural	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
17 September 2006	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	New York Forest Rangers	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Franklin County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Meno: 1 producer, 1 occurrence. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron. 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
	Alice Prospect	Iron	Occurrence	Replacement
	Tuttle Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Franklin 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
Spring Cove	4.3 miles	16
McColloms	4.9 miles	17
Bay Pond	6.8 miles	24
Trombley Landing	7.5 miles	16
Santa Clara	7.9 miles	16
Gile	8.0 miles	16
Keese Mill	8.5 miles	24
Paul Smiths	9.8 miles	24

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 972788. 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.