BlockBefore

Midway, New York

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Lansing town. It lies in ZIP code area 14882. The Survey maps it on the West Groton quadrangle.

Midway within Tompkins County

Then and now

1898 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 88 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Midway, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Midway, surveyed 1898

On record in Midway

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 within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 24 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

48 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 48 fires within 5 miles of Midway between 2004 and 2020, burning about 33 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 4 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/undetermined26
Debris and open burning10
Natural6
Arson/incendiarism4
Equipment and vehicle use2

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
21 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
10 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.2 acresFire Department of New YorkNA
9 August 2016Natural1.3 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
7 August 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
24 August 2020Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresFire Department of New YorkNA
5 July 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
17 July 2019Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
27 June 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tompkins County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Midway: 4 past producers, 3 producers, 1 prospect, 1 plant. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Salt, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Halite. 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
Cayuga Crushed Stone Quarry & MillLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Cayuga Mine and MillHalitePast ProducerHalite
Cayuga Crushed Stone IncStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Cayuga Crushed Stone Quarry & MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Twin Bridge PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Twin Bridge PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Cargill, Inc., Div. of Cayuga RockSaltPlant
Cayuga Rock Salt CoreSaltProspect
Joe Farkas No.1 WellSaltPast Producer

Every working recorded in Tompkins 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
Terpening Corners0.9 miles24
South Lansing1.1 miles25
Asbury1.7 miles24
East Lansing1.7 miles24
Head Corners2.1 miles24
Howland Corners2.2 miles24
Ludlowville2.4 miles25
Portland2.5 miles25

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 972798. 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.