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Windcrest Park, New York

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Camillus town. It lies in ZIP code area 13031. It lies near Smith Hill. The Survey maps it on the Camillus quadrangle.

Windcrest Park within Onondaga County

Then and now

1900 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 85 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Windcrest Park, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Windcrest Park, surveyed 1900

On record in Windcrest Park

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 within a mile 4 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 24 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

266 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 266 fires within 5 miles of Windcrest Park between 2001 and 2020, burning about 187 acres in total. 23 started naturally. 39 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/undetermined118
Arson/incendiarism39
Equipment and vehicle use31
Natural23
Debris and open burning18
Smoking16
Misuse of fire by a minor9
Recreation and ceremony8
Power generation/transmission/distribution4

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
9 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
8 September 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
8 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
7 September 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
7 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2015Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
6 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
5 September 2015Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Onondaga County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Windcrest Park: 7 past producers, 4 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Gypsum-Anhydrite, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
WarnersBloating MaterialProducerSedimentary
Limeledge Quarry DivisionStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Marcellus PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Marcellus Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Marcellus QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Camillus QuarryGypsum-AnhydritePast Producer
Halfway QuarryGypsum-AnhydritePast Producer
Nine Mile Creek QuarryGypsum-AnhydritePast Producer
Syracuse Pottery Clay MineClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Syracuse Pottery Clay MineClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Onondaga 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
Camillus0.5 miles24
Parson Farms0.8 miles24
Orchard Village0.8 miles24
Westerlea1.3 miles24
Westview Manor1.5 miles24
Howlett Hill1.6 miles24
Sherwood Knolls1.9 miles24
West Genesee Terrace2.0 miles24

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 Q122589097The 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 971448. 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.