North Fair Haven, New York
24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Sterling town. It lies in ZIP code area 13156. It stands on Sterling Creek. The Survey maps it on the Fair Haven quadrangle.
Then and now
1900 to 1985The 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.


On record in North 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 within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
- Cottage Farmlisted 2012 · 1.0 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 24 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.
- 1900 USGS Oswego quadrangle1:62500, 8 printings
- 1943 USGS Fair Haven quadrangle1:31680
- 1943 USGS Fair Haven quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS Fair Haven quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Oswego quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1965 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Syracuse quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
81 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 81 fires within 5 miles of North Fair Haven between 2003 and 2020, burning about 56 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 12 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 | 37 |
| Debris and open burning | 16 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 12 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Other causes | 3 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 12 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 1 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 August 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 29 August 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 26 August 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 25 August 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 24 August 2018 | Recreation and ceremony | 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
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of North Fair Haven: 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fair Haven Iron Company Property | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Furnaceville Iron Co. | Iron | Past Producer | 1887 | |
| Swartout Opening | Iron | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
9 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names North Fair Haven in 9 storm reports between 2012 and 2025: 4 thunderstorm wind, 4 flood, 1 hail. The reports record 1 injury. 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 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | North Fair Haven | 1 hurt, $50,000 | Multiple mobile homes were damaged. Two were destroyed. One injury was reported. |
| June 2019 | Flood | North Fair Haven | $100,000 | no account filed |
| July 2019 | Flood | North Fair Haven | $50,000 | no account filed |
| May 2019 | Flood | North Fair Haven | $50,000 | no account filed |
| September 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | North Fair Haven | $10,000 | Law enforcement reported trees and wires down. |
| August 2019 | Flood | North Fair Haven | $10,000 | no account filed |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | North Fair Haven | $10,000 | no account filed |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | North Fair Haven | $2,000 | Trees and wires downed in the town of Fair Haven. |
| May 2017 | Hail | North Fair Haven | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fair Haven | 1.1 miles | 24 | |
| Sterling | 2.9 miles | 24 | |
| Sterling Valley | 3.8 miles | 24 | |
| Crocketts | 3.8 miles | 24 | |
| Fintches Corners | 4.7 miles | 24 | |
| North Sterling | 4.8 miles | 24 | |
| Martville | 5.3 miles | 24 | |
| Moon Beach | 5.3 miles | 22 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 958778. 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.








