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Meredith, New York

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Meredith town. It lies in ZIP code area 13753. It lies near Mount Meredith. The Survey maps it on the Delhi quadrangle.

Meredith within Delaware County

Then and now

1909 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 77 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Meredith, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Meredith, surveyed 1909

On record in Meredith

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 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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.

Fires near this place

43 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 43 fires within 5 miles of Meredith between 1993 and 2020, burning about 84 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 1 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined31
Debris and open burning4
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Natural2
Smoking2
Recreation and ceremony1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
5 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 August 2007Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
24 August 2016Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
27 July 2010Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
24 June 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
21 June 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
11 June 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 May 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Delaware County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Meredith: 1 producer. All of them 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
Adair PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Delaware County

Storms near this place

16 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Meredith in 16 storm reports between 1997 and 2023: 10 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 2 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
May 2004Flash FloodMeredith$250,000Severe flooding occurred from Meridith south through Delhi. The entire town of Meridith was shut down due to the flooding. Many roads and culverts in the Meridth and Delhi areas were damaged by the flood waters with significant undermining reported.
June 2017Flash FloodMeredith$35,000Flash flooding of small streams and creeks caused several road washouts along County Route 14 north of Delhi.
July 1997Thunderstorm WindMeredith$25,000The persistent bow echo moved into northern Delaware county and caused a bit more in the way of wind damage before finally weakening. Numerous large trees and wires were blown down across roadways both in Meredith and Davenport.
May 2013Thunderstorm WindEast Meredith$20,000Thunderstorm winds blew tree down on house.
October 2020Thunderstorm WindEast Meredith$10,000Strong thunderstorm winds brought down multiple trees and wires.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindMeredith$10,000Strong thunderstorm winds brought down trees and wires in the Meredith area.
April 2019Thunderstorm WindMeredith$10,000Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down trees and wires.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindMeredith$5,000Strong thunderstorm winds brought down trees in Meredith to East Meredith areas.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindMeredith$5,000A few trees were blown down in Meredith.
August 2004Thunderstorm WindEast Meredith$5,000Thunderstorm winds downed power lines.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindMeredith$3,000Trees and wires were blown down.
June 2001Thunderstorm WindEast Meredith-Emergency management reported several trees blown down by thunderstorm winds.
April 2023HailEast Meredith-no account filed
August 2023HailEast Meredith-no account filed
June 2013HailEast Meredith-no account filed
June 2006HailEast Meredith-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Delaware 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
Meridale1.2 miles16
Shackport2.0 miles17
West Meredith4.8 miles15
East Meredith5.0 miles17
East Delhi5.0 miles16
West Kortright5.3 miles17
Delhi5.6 miles16
West Delhi5.6 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 956980. 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.