Sweet Meadows, New York
30 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1997. It stands in Kingston town. It lies in ZIP code area 12401. It lies near Jockey Hill. The Survey maps it on the Kingston West quadrangle.
Then and now
1901 to 1997The same ground, surveyed 96 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1901 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 30 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.
- 1901 USGS Rosendale quadrangle1:62500
- 1903 USGS Rosendale quadrangle1:62500, 11 printings
- 1942 USGS Kingston West quadrangle1:24000
- 1943 USGS Kingston West quadrangle1:31680
- 1950 USGS Scranton quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Scranton quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Scranton quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Scranton quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Kingston West quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1965 USGS Scranton quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Kingston West quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Monticello quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1997 USGS Kingston West quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
507 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 507 fires within 5 miles of Sweet Meadows between 1992 and 2020, burning about 583 acres in total. 28 started naturally. 48 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 | 228 |
| Smoking | 118 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 48 |
| Debris and open burning | 30 |
| Natural | 28 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 22 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 16 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 7 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 7 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 6 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 6 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 5 September 2015 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 5 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 4 September 2009 | Smoking | 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 11 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Sweet Meadows: 6 producers, 5 past producers. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Limestone, General. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mt. Marion | Bloating Material | Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Stony Hollow Quarry and Mill | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Duffy's Pit | Clay | Producer | ||
| Marbletown Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Marbletown Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Mount Marion Clay Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Mount Marion Sandstone Quarries | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Mount Marion Sandstone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Sawyer Shale Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Stony Hollow Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jockey Hill | 0.8 miles | 30 | |
| Halihan Hill | 1.3 miles | 30 | |
| Sawkill | 1.4 miles | 30 | |
| Zena | 1.8 miles | 29 | |
| Ruby | 2.2 miles | 29 | |
| Stony Hollow | 2.5 miles | 30 | |
| West Hurley | 2.9 miles | 30 | |
| High Woods | 3.4 miles | 29 |
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 Q122551173 | 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 966922. 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.












