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Monteola, New York

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Osceola town. It lies in ZIP code area 13316. It stands on Lilypad Creek. The Survey maps it on the Sears Pond quadrangle.

Monteola within Lewis County

Then and now

1906 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 79 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Monteola, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Monteola, surveyed 1906

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 20 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

1 since 2016

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Monteola in 2016, burning about 4 acres in total. None 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
Debris and open burning1

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
2 August 2016Debris and open burning3.5 acresNew York Forest RangersKOGUT FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lewis 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
Old Campbellwood Wye2.0 miles19
New Campbellwood Wye3.6 miles19
Michigan Mills4.5 miles19
Page5.4 miles18
Hooker5.4 miles20
North Osceola5.8 miles19
Parkers6.0 miles20
Wetmore6.5 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 972810. 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.