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South Addison, New York

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1924 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Tuscarora town. It lies in ZIP code area 14801. It lies near Round Top. The Survey maps it on the Borden quadrangle.

South Addison within Steuben County

Then and now

1924 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 62 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of South Addison, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of South Addison, surveyed 1924

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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

93 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 93 fires within 5 miles of South Addison between 1994 and 2020, burning about 300 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 8 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/undetermined44
Debris and open burning16
Natural9
Arson/incendiarism8
Equipment and vehicle use7
Smoking3
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Recreation and ceremony1

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
25 September 2020Equipment and vehicle use7.9 acresNew York Forest Rangers417 FIRE
15 September 2008Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
11 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
11 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
11 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
10 September 2002Arson/incendiarism1.4 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
10 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.4 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
10 September 2002Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Steuben County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of South Addison: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Addison Town PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Baker BankSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gardiner PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Steuben 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
Freeman1.8 miles20
Addison2.4 miles23
Van Vleet3.1 miles20
Woods Corner3.7 miles20
Borden4.1 miles20
Rathbone4.5 miles19
East Woodhull4.5 miles20
Nichols5.0 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 965655. 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.