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Wedgewood, New York

29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Dix town. It lies in ZIP code area 14891. It lies near Watkins Hill. The Survey maps it on the Beaver Dams quadrangle.

Wedgewood within Schuyler County

Then and now

1898 to 1992

The same ground, surveyed 94 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Wedgewood, surveyed 1992
Topographic sheet of Wedgewood, surveyed 1898

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 29 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

111 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 111 fires within 5 miles of Wedgewood between 2000 and 2020, burning about 93 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 10 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/undetermined53
Debris and open burning25
Natural11
Arson/incendiarism10
Equipment and vehicle use6
Smoking3
Recreation and ceremony2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
25 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
23 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
18 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
13 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
13 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 August 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 August 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 August 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Schuyler County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 17 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Wedgewood: 12 past producers, 3 plants, 2 producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Salt, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Bromine, Natural Gas. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
(Facility) Watkins Glen Well and RefineryBrominePlantBrine
G.G.Hill WellSalt, Natural GasPast Producer
Barber PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Barber PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Beavers Dam PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Beavers Dam PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Hoke PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Padua PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Town of Dix PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
(Facility) Watkins Glen RefinerySaltPlant

Every working recorded in Schuyler County

Storms near this place

4 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wedgewood in 4 storm reports between 2011 and 2025: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
September 2011Flash FloodWedgewood$10,000Road flooding was reported on State Route 14 between Watkins Glen and Montour Falls. One lane is covered for about 100 feet.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindWedgewood$2,500Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down trees.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindWedgewood$2,500Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down trees on Coykendall Road.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindWedgewood$1,000Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down a wire which was running across the road.

Every storm recorded in Schuyler 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
Montour Falls2.2 miles31
Moreland2.6 miles29
Watkins Glen2.8 miles30
Deckertown2.9 miles31
Townsend3.7 miles29
Irelandville4.3 miles30
Cherry Lane4.9 miles29
Odessa5.2 miles31

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 973213. 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.

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.