West Meredith, New York
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Meredith town. It lies in ZIP code area 13753. It lies near Poverty Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Treadwell 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 West Meredith
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 2 records
West Meredith Cemeterylisted 2003- Amos Bristol Tavernlisted 2000
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 15 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 Oneonta quadrangle1:62500
- 1918 USGS Oneonta quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1943 USGS Treadwell quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1945 USGS Treadwell 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
36 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 36 fires within 5 miles of West Meredith between 1993 and 2020, burning about 76 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 was 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 | 27 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 11 June 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 9 May 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 8 May 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 8 May 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 May 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 4 May 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 38 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 26 May 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of West Meredith: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Salt, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| M.Hazlett No.1 Well | Salt, Natural Gas | Prospect |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Treadwell | 1.5 miles | 15 | |
| West Delhi | 3.3 miles | 15 | |
| Arabia | 3.7 miles | 15 | |
| Meridale | 3.9 miles | 16 | |
| North Franklin | 4.6 miles | 18 | |
| Meredith | 4.8 miles | 16 | |
| Leonta | 5.6 miles | 16 | |
| Shackport | 5.9 miles | 17 |
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 Q122556127 | 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 973244. 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.








