Renwick, New York
27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Ithaca town. It lies in ZIP code area 14850. It stands on Pleasant Grove Brook. The Survey maps it on the Ithaca West quadrangle.
Then and now
1900 to 1992The same ground, surveyed 92 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


On record in Renwick
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 3 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Cascadilla School Boathouselisted 1991 · 0.6 miles away
Cornell Heights Historic Districtlisted 1989 · 1.0 miles away- Stewart Parklisted 2023 · 0.6 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 27 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.
- 1900 USGS Dryden quadrangle1:62500, 9 printings
- 1906 USGS Catatonk quadrangle1:125000
- 1949 USGS Ithaca East quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1951 USGS Ithaca East quadrangle1:24000
- 1958 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1965 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Ithaca East quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
132 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 132 fires within 5 miles of Renwick between 2001 and 2020, burning about 72 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 19 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 | 71 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 19 |
| Smoking | 14 |
| Natural | 12 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2001 | Smoking | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 25 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 13 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.5 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 11 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 9 August 2016 | Natural | 1.3 acres | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 7 August 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 August 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 6 August 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 17 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Renwick: 11 past producers, 4 producers, 1 prospect, 1 plant. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Salt, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Flagstone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cayuga Crushed Stone Quarry & Mill | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Cayuga Mine and Mill | Halite | Past Producer | Halite | |
| University Quarry | Flagstone | Producer | ||
| Cayuga Crushed Stone Inc | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Cayuga Crushed Stone Quarry & Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| University Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Brooktondale Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Pit Number 3 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Pit Number 3 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| University Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cayuga Heights | 0.8 miles | 27 | |
| McKinneys | 1.0 miles | 37 | |
| Lansing | 1.6 miles | 27 | |
| Ithaca | 1.8 miles | 27 | |
| Forest Home | 1.9 miles | 27 | |
| East Ithaca | 2.2 miles | 27 | |
| Hayt Corner | 2.3 miles | 37 | |
| South Hill | 2.6 miles | 27 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 962390. 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.










