BlockSanford, 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. It stands on Page Pond Brook. The Survey maps it on the Deposit 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 Deposit quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
43 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 43 fires within 5 miles of Sanford between 1995 and 2020, burning about 58 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 2 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 | 21 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 September 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 24 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 25 June 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 19 June 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 4 May 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 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 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
15 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sanford in 15 storm reports between 1994 and 2026: 8 thunderstorm wind, 5 flash flood, 1 hail, 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 2024 | Flash Flood | North Sanford | $50,000 | Portions of Sanford Road were washed out in several places. Road was closed. |
| May 2014 | Flash Flood | Sanford | $50,000 | Flooding was occurring in areas along Route 41 between Sanford and North Sanford, including North Sanford Road, Blowers Road, and Wheeler School Road. |
| May 2004 | Tornado (F1) | Sanford | $50,000 | An F1 tornado touched down near Sanford NY at 530 pm EDT. The tornado tracked east into Delaware County where it lifted about 3 miles northeast of Deposit, NY at 540 pm EDT. The tornado uprooted and snapped many trees along its path. The tornado demolished a trailer, damaged siding on a house and destroyed a barn. In addition to the damage from the tornado, there was a 5 mile swath of hail damage in and around Sanford and northeast of Sanford. |
| August 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sanford | $30,000 | no account filed |
| July 2014 | Flash Flood | Sanford | $25,000 | Flooding was reported along Old Route 17 and Route 41 near Deposit and Windsor. Several creeks were out of their banks in the area. |
| August 2013 | Flash Flood | Sanford | $25,000 | Oquaga Lake Road was washing out due to rapidly flowing water over the road. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sanford | $10,000 | Trees were blown down on State Route 41 and Old Route 17. Power was out to 600 customers. |
| May 2004 | Hail | Sanford | $10,000 | 60 mph wind gust estimated. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sanford | $7,500 | Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down trees and damaged a home. |
| April 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sanford | $6,000 | A thunderstorm moved across the region and became severe. This thunderstorm resulted in a trees being knocked over on power lines and power line poles snapped on River road. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sanford | $5,000 | Strong thunderstorm winds brought down a tree across a roadway near 535 Big Hollow Road. |
| July 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sanford | $5,000 | A low pressure system moved across the southern tier of New York during the afternoon of July 15th resulting in severe thunderstorms across parts of the Susquehanna Region. Thunderstorm winds downed trees and powerlines in parts of Broome, Chenango, and Cortland Counties. The most extensive damage occurred in Killawog and Kirkwood where trees fell on homes. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sanford | $2,000 | Trees and wires were blown down on Old Route 17. |
| April 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sanford | $1,000 | Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down a tree that blocked both lanes of Big Hollow road in Sanford. |
| October 2021 | Flash Flood | Sanford | $1,000 | Oquaga Creek was reported to be flooding 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Howes | 3.2 miles | 17 | |
| McClure | 3.7 miles | 15 | |
| North Sanford | 4.0 miles | 15 | |
| Deposit | 4.2 miles | 15 | |
| Mount Carmel | 4.3 miles | 17 | |
| Vallonia Springs | 6.0 miles | 17 | |
| Gulf Summit | 6.3 miles | 17 | |
| Doraville | 6.3 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 964442. 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.