Sodus, New York
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Sodus town. It lies in ZIP code area 14551. The Survey maps it on the Sodus quadrangle. 1,667 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 436 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1899 to 1984The 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 Sodus
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 4 records
Preston-Gaylord Cobblestone Farmhouselisted 2009
Walling Cobblestone Tavernlisted 1994
Wallington Cobblestone Schoolhouse District No. 8listed 1994- Third Methodist Episcopal Church of Soduslisted 2024
Population over time
2 figuresSodus fell from 1,819 to 1,667 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,819 | |
| 2020 | 1,667 | -152 (-8%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 20 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 Palmyra quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1902 USGS Palmyra quadrangle1:62500, 7 printings
- 1943 USGS Sodus quadrangle1:31680
- 1952 USGS Sodus quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1965 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
161 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 161 fires within 5 miles of Sodus between 2000 and 2020, burning about 138 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 43 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 | 92 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 43 |
| Debris and open burning | 12 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 4 September 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 29 September 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 29 September 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 21 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 2 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Sodus: 4 producers, 3 past producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salmon Creek | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Sodus Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Sodus Quarry and Plant | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Beckens Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Highway Dept Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Highway Dept Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| No. 7 Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
31 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sodus in 31 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 21 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 4 flash flood, 1 heavy snow. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 1999 | Heavy Snow | Sodus | $150,000 | no account filed |
| July 2006 | Flash Flood | Sodus | $100,000 | no account filed |
| August 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sodus | $50,000 | no account filed |
| August 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sodus | $50,000 | no account filed |
| August 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sodus | $50,000 | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sodus | $28,000 | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Sodus | $25,000 | no account filed |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sodus | $15,000 | Law Enforcement reported trees and wires downed by thunderstorm winds at Route 88 and Snyder Road. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sodus | $15,000 | Law enforcement reported numerous trees and wires down from thunderstorm winds near Sodus. |
| August 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sodus | $15,000 | Law enforcement reported trees and wires down. |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sodus | $15,000 | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sodus | $15,000 | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Hail | Sodus | $15,000 | no account filed |
| August 1996 | Flash Flood | Sodus | $15,000 | no account filed |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sodus | $10,000 | A trained spotter reported numerous trees downed by thunderstorm winds. |
| September 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sodus | $10,000 | Law enforcement reported trees and wires down. |
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sodus | $10,000 | no account filed |
| September 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sodus | $10,000 | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Flash Flood | Sodus | $10,000 | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sodus | $10,000 | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sodus | $10,000 | no account filed |
| August 1996 | Flash Flood | Sodus | $10,000 | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Hail | Sodus | $8,000 | no account filed |
| March 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sodus | $5,000 | Several trees and wires downed in the Town of Sodus. |
| June 1998 | Hail | Sodus | $5,000 | no account filed |
| August 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sodus | $2,000 | Trees downed in Sodus. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sodus | $2,000 | Trees and wires downed in Sodus. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sodus | $2,000 | Trees and wires were downed. |
| August 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sodus | $2,000 | Trees were downed. |
| November 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sodus | $2,000 | Trees and powerlines were reported downed. |
| June 2023 | Flood | Sodus | - | Water was flowing across the roadway. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wallington | 2.8 miles | 20 | |
| Sodus Center | 3.0 miles | 20 | |
| Idlewood On The Lake | 3.5 miles | 14 | |
| Joy | 3.6 miles | 20 | |
| East Williamson | 4.5 miles | 21 | |
| Sodus Point | 4.5 miles | 21 | |
| Alton | 4.7 miles | 23 | |
| Thorntons Corner | 5.1 miles | 20 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Sodus | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3461168 | 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 965619. 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.







