Merrickville, New York
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Franklin town. It lies in ZIP code area 13839. It lies near Johnson Hill. The Survey maps it on the Franklin quadrangle.
Then and now
1915 to 1985The same ground, surveyed 70 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 16 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1915 USGS Oneonta quadrangle1:62500
- 1918 USGS Oneonta quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1943 USGS Franklin quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1945 USGS Franklin quadrangle1:31680
- 1948 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
64 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 64 fires within 5 miles of Merrickville between 1999 and 2020, burning about 94 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 2 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/undetermined | 40 |
| Debris and open burning | 13 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 September 2015 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 30 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 24 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 22 August 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 2 August 1999 | Natural | 40 acres | New York Forest Rangers | IRISH TOWN |
| 29 July 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 19 July 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 19 July 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | SIDNEY CENTER |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Merrickville: 3 producers, 1 past producer. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Franklin Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Howe Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unadilla Quarry | Clay | Producer | ||
| Unadilla Quarry and Mill | Clay | Past Producer | Sedimentary |
Storms near this place
2 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Merrickville in 2 storm reports between 2017 and 2023: 1 flash flood, 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2017 | Flash Flood | Merrickville | $35,000 | Thunderstorms, with heavy rainfall, combined with residual melting snow and saturated ground caused streams to overflow their banks, flooding roads in the Walton area. |
| February 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Merrickville | $2,000 | Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down a tree and wired down near the intersection of County Highway 23 and Budine Road near Sidney Center. |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Franklin Depot | 1.7 miles | 16 | |
| Northfield | 2.0 miles | 17 | |
| Bartlett Hollow | 3.1 miles | 16 | |
| Sidney Center | 4.2 miles | 19 | |
| Franklin | 4.6 miles | 16 | |
| East Sidney | 4.7 miles | 16 | |
| Brooklyn | 4.8 miles | 16 | |
| Loomis | 5.0 miles | 17 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q122594623 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 956998. 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.








