Fair Haven, New York
26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Scott town. It lies in ZIP code area 13077. It stands on Grout Brook. The Survey maps it on the Spafford quadrangle. It stands 902 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1899 to 1986The same ground, surveyed 87 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


On record in Fair Haven
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 1 record
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 26 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.
- 1899 USGS Skaneateles quadrangle1:62500
- 1902 USGS Skaneateles quadrangle1:62500, 9 printings
- 1943 USGS Spafford quadrangle1:31680
- 1950 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Skaneateles quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Spafford quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1965 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Auburn quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
37 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 37 fires within 5 miles of Fair Haven between 2002 and 2018, burning about 20 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 6 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 | 15 |
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 12 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 17 August 2018 | Smoking | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 15 August 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 5 July 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 15 July 2009 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 30 June 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 9 May 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
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 Fair Haven: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| O'Toole Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2025Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fair Haven in 1 storm report in 2025: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fair Haven | $5,000 | Strong thunderstorm winds uprooted or snapped multiple trees in the area. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scott | 3.0 miles | 22 | |
| Grout Mill | 3.2 miles | 22 | |
| Parker Manor | 3.7 miles | 22 | |
| East Scott | 5.1 miles | 22 | |
| Preble | 6.8 miles | 22 | |
| Little York | 7.5 miles | 22 | |
| Pratt Corners | 7.7 miles | 22 | |
| Slab City | 7.9 miles | 22 |
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 Q34672001 | 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 949801. 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.









