Rockdale, New York
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Guilford town. It lies in ZIP code area 13809. It stands on Kent Brook. The Survey maps it on the Guilford 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.


On record in Rockdale
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 1 record
Rockdale Community Churchlisted 2005
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 18 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 Unadilla quadrangle1:62500
- 1918 USGS Unadilla quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
- 1943 USGS Guilford quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1945 USGS Guilford 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
93 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 93 fires within 5 miles of Rockdale between 1992 and 2020, burning about 131 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 14 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 | 42 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 14 |
| Debris and open burning | 14 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 21 August 2002 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 1 August 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 July 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 4 July 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 27 July 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 11 July 2014 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 8 June 2009 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rockdale in 4 storm reports between 2001 and 2021: 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2006 | Flood | Rockdale | $2,000,000 | no account filed |
| September 2011 | Flood | Rockdale | $250,000 | A record breaking flood occurred on the Unadilla River near Rockdale on September 8, 2011. The river crested at 14.22 feet at 10:45 AM. Widespread flooding occurred all along the reach of the river. This surpassed the previous record of 13.96 feet set during the June 2006 flood. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rockdale | $1,000 | Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down a tree onto a roadway. |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rockdale | - | SKYWARN storm spotters reported small hail. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Guilford | 2.6 miles | 18 | |
| Ives Settlement | 3.0 miles | 18 | |
| Parker | 3.3 miles | 18 | |
| Guilford Center | 3.4 miles | 18 | |
| Mount Upton | 3.6 miles | 18 | |
| Guilford | 4.7 miles | 18 | |
| Rockwells Mills | 5.0 miles | 18 | |
| Yaleville | 5.0 miles | 18 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 962747. 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.
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.








