Seasons of East Meadow, New York
29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Hempstead town. It lies in ZIP code area 11554. The Survey maps it on the Freeport quadrangle.
Then and now
1897 to 1994The same ground, surveyed 97 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1897 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
15 surveys from 29 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.
- 1897 USGS Hempstead quadrangle1:62500
- 1898 USGS Hempstead quadrangle1:62500
- 1899 USGS Hempstead quadrangle1:62500
- 1903 USGS Hempstead quadrangle1:62500, 9 printings
- 1947 USGS Freeport quadrangle1:24000
- 1949 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Freeport quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1969 USGS Freeport quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1969 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Long Island West quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Freeport quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
1,492 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1,492 fires within 5 miles of Seasons of East Meadow between 1992 and 2020, burning about 654 acres in total. 70 started naturally. 176 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 | 901 |
| Smoking | 187 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 176 |
| Natural | 70 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 59 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 40 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 28 |
| Debris and open burning | 25 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 9 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 9 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 9 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 8 September 2015 | Smoking | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 8 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 8 September 2005 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Fire Department of New York | NA |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 Meadow | 0.9 miles | 29 | |
| Uniondale | 1.3 miles | 29 | |
| East Garden City | 1.6 miles | 29 | |
| North Merrick | 1.7 miles | 29 | |
| Hempstead | 2.3 miles | 29 | |
| Salisbury | 2.3 miles | 29 | |
| Roosevelt | 2.5 miles | 29 | |
| Westbury South | 2.7 miles | 35 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q122552395 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2703683. 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.














