Gulf Summit, New York
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Sanford town. It lies in ZIP code area 13865. The Survey maps it on the Gulf Summit quadrangle.
Then and now
1905 to 1985The same ground, surveyed 80 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 17 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.
- 1905 USGS Nineveh quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
- 1948 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1952 USGS Gulf Summit quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
33 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 33 fires within 5 miles of Gulf Summit between 2003 and 2020, burning about 57 acres in total. 2 started naturally. None 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 | 17 |
| Debris and open burning | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 5 July 2014 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 5 July 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | WINDSOR |
| 28 June 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 8 May 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 5 May 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.1 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 4 May 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 2 May 2018 | Smoking | 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 Gulf Summit: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mills Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2022Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gulf Summit in 2 storm reports between 2022 and 2023: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2023 | Tornado (EF1) | Gulf Summit | $15,000 | A tornado touched down near the intersection of Mountain Road and |Stevens Point Road in Harmony Township northeast Susquehanna County Pennsylvania at 625 PM EDT Monday August 7th 2023. The tornado snapped and |uprooted many trees on Stevens Point Road as the tornado tracked |north-northeast roughly along Stevens Point Road. The tornado then |weakened as it crossed the PA - NY border with only some minor |tree damage along Laurel Lake Road in the Town of Sanford, Broome |County. The tornado then strengthened as it crossed over a hill and |hit Kenyon Hill Road. There was a residence on Kenyon Hill Road in |the Town of Sanford that bore the brunt of the damage with windows |blown out, shingles blown off the roof and numerous trees snapped |and uprooted. A shed was moved about 100 feet with a couple boats on |a pond lofted in the air. The tornado reached its maximum intensity |of 90 mph in this location before lifting over the next hillside. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gulf Summit | $2,000 | Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down a tree and wires onto Gulf Summit Road. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cascade Valley | 2.8 miles | 17 | |
| Danville | 2.8 miles | 15 | |
| McClure | 3.1 miles | 15 | |
| South Windsor | 4.9 miles | 17 | |
| Damascus | 4.9 miles | 17 | |
| Deposit | 6.1 miles | 15 | |
| Sanford | 6.3 miles | 15 | |
| Mount Carmel | 6.4 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 Q122551754 | 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 951923. 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.






