BlockBefore

Merrillsville, New York

26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Lincoln town. It lies in ZIP code area 13421. The Survey maps it on the Oneida quadrangle.

Merrillsville within Madison County

Then and now

1895 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 90 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Merrillsville, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Merrillsville, surveyed 1895

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 26 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

111 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 111 fires within 5 miles of Merrillsville between 2000 and 2020, burning about 78 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 22 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/undetermined47
Debris and open burning26
Arson/incendiarism22
Natural9
Smoking3
Recreation and ceremony2
Equipment and vehicle use1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
3 September 2017Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
27 September 2003Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
2 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
14 September 2019Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
6 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
16 August 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
10 August 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
10 August 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Madison County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Merrillsville: 3 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gypsum-Anhydrite, Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Oxbow QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Oxbow Quarry and MillLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Johnson Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Lincoln Gravel BedSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Valley Mills QuarryGypsum-AnhydritePast Producer
West Stockbridge Hill QuarryGypsum-AnhydritePast Producer

Every working recorded in Madison County

Storms near this place

1 since 2017

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Merrillsville in 1 storm report in 2017: 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
July 2017Flash FloodMerrillsville$15,000Widespread flash flooding of most creeks and urbanized areas occurred throughout the town of Smithfield. Culverts and roads were washed out in several places. Some residences experienced flooding.

Every storm recorded in Madison 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
Siloam2.8 miles18
Five Chimneys Corner2.9 miles25
Scribner Corners3.2 miles26
Lenox3.2 miles26
Alene3.5 miles26
Peterboro3.7 miles18
Bennetts Corners4.0 miles25
Five Corners4.1 miles26

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 957008. 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.