BlockNorth Sanford, New York
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1924 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Sanford town. It lies in ZIP code area 13754. The Survey maps it on the North Sanford quadrangle.
Then and now
1924 to 1985The same ground, surveyed 61 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
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.
- 1924 USGS Deposit quadrangle1:62500
- 1926 USGS Deposit quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1944 USGS Deposit quadrangle1:62500
- 1948 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS North Sanford quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
31 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 31 fires within 5 miles of North Sanford between 1995 and 2019, burning about 65 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 | 10 |
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 July 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 5 June 2004 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 13 June 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 2 May 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.5 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 2 May 2001 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 19 May 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 12 May 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 1 May 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2024Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names North Sanford in 1 storm report in 2024: 1 flash flood. 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 2024 | Flash Flood | North Sanford | $50,000 | Portions of Sanford Road were washed out in several places. Road was closed. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sanford | 4.0 miles | 15 | |
| Howes | 4.0 miles | 17 | |
| Vallonia Springs | 4.8 miles | 17 | |
| Deposit | 6.7 miles | 15 | |
| Mount Carmel | 6.7 miles | 17 | |
| Doraville | 7.0 miles | 17 | |
| McClure | 7.6 miles | 15 | |
| Nineveh | 8.4 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 Q122567754 | 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 958906. 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.
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.