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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.

Sodus within Wayne County

Then and now

1899 to 1984

The 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.

Topographic sheet of Sodus, surveyed 1984
Topographic sheet of Sodus, surveyed 1899

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

Population over time

2 figures

Sodus 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.

YearPeople Change
20101,819
20201,667-152 (-8%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 20 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

161 since 2000

Regional 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/undetermined92
Arson/incendiarism43
Debris and open burning12
Natural6
Equipment and vehicle use5
Recreation and ceremony2
Smoking1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
7 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 September 2020Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresFire Department of New YorkNA
29 September 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
29 September 2008Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
21 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
2 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Wayne County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Salmon CreekIronPast Producer
Sodus QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Sodus Quarry and PlantLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Beckens PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Highway Dept PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Highway Dept PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
No. 7 PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Wayne County

Storms near this place

31 since 1993

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
January 1999Heavy SnowSodus$150,000no account filed
July 2006Flash FloodSodus$100,000no account filed
August 1998Thunderstorm WindSodus$50,000no account filed
August 1994Thunderstorm WindSodus$50,000no account filed
August 1993Thunderstorm WindSodus$50,000no account filed
May 1998Thunderstorm WindSodus$28,000no account filed
June 2008HailSodus$25,000no account filed
June 2015Thunderstorm WindSodus$15,000Law Enforcement reported trees and wires downed by thunderstorm winds at Route 88 and Snyder Road.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindSodus$15,000Law enforcement reported numerous trees and wires down from thunderstorm winds near Sodus.
August 2012Thunderstorm WindSodus$15,000Law enforcement reported trees and wires down.
July 2005Thunderstorm WindSodus$15,000no account filed
May 2002Thunderstorm WindSodus$15,000no account filed
April 1996HailSodus$15,000no account filed
August 1996Flash FloodSodus$15,000no account filed
July 2013Thunderstorm WindSodus$10,000A trained spotter reported numerous trees downed by thunderstorm winds.
September 2012Thunderstorm WindSodus$10,000Law enforcement reported trees and wires down.
July 2007Thunderstorm WindSodus$10,000no account filed
September 2005Thunderstorm WindSodus$10,000no account filed
May 2004Flash FloodSodus$10,000no account filed
July 1999Thunderstorm WindSodus$10,000no account filed
June 1998Thunderstorm WindSodus$10,000no account filed
August 1996Flash FloodSodus$10,000no account filed
May 2000HailSodus$8,000no account filed
March 2025Thunderstorm WindSodus$5,000Several trees and wires downed in the Town of Sodus.
June 1998HailSodus$5,000no account filed
August 2025Thunderstorm WindSodus$2,000Trees downed in Sodus.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindSodus$2,000Trees and wires downed in Sodus.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindSodus$2,000Trees and wires were downed.
August 2022Thunderstorm WindSodus$2,000Trees were downed.
November 2020Thunderstorm WindSodus$2,000Trees and powerlines were reported downed.
June 2023FloodSodus-Water was flowing across the roadway.

Every storm recorded in Wayne County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Wallington2.8 miles20
Sodus Center3.0 miles20
Idlewood On The Lake3.5 miles14
Joy3.6 miles20
East Williamson4.5 miles21
Sodus Point4.5 miles21
Alton4.7 miles23
Thorntons Corner5.1 miles20

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 SodusAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3461168The 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.