South Bloomfield, New York
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1983. It stands in East Bloomfield town. It lies in ZIP code area 14424. It lies near Bristol Valley. The Survey maps it on the Bristol Center quadrangle.
Then and now
1900 to 1983The same ground, surveyed 83 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


On record in South Bloomfield
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 within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
- George and Addison Wheeler Houselisted 2005 · 0.9 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 23 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.
- 1900 USGS Canandaigua quadrangle1:62500
- 1903 USGS Canandaigua quadrangle1:62500, 7 printings
- 1950 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1951 USGS Bristol Center quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1965 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Canandaigua quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
92 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 92 fires within 5 miles of South Bloomfield between 1995 and 2020, burning about 97 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 18 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 | 30 |
| Debris and open burning | 20 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 18 |
| Smoking | 8 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 September 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 5 September 2016 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 6.3 acres | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 5 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 4 September 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 4 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 26 September 2017 | Smoking | 6.3 acres | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 25 September 2007 | 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
10 of 15 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of South Bloomfield: 9 past producers, 6 producers. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Salt, Natural Gas. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amelia Smith Well | Salt, Natural Gas | Past Producer | ||
| B.Case No.1 Well | Salt, Natural Gas | Past Producer | ||
| Rubenstein No.1 Well | Salt, Natural Gas | Past Producer | ||
| A.Henish Well | Salt | Past Producer | ||
| Lynn Gladding No.1 Well | Salt | Past Producer | ||
| Weaver No.1 Well | Salt | Past Producer | ||
| East Bloomfield Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| East Bloomfield Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| East Bloomfield Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Holcomb Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary |
Storms near this place
3 since 2021Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names South Bloomfield in 3 storm reports between 2021 and 2025: 1 heavy rain, 1 thunderstorm wind, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | South Bloomfield | $1,000 | Tree downed on Townline Road and Wheeler Station Road. |
| June 2025 | Flash Flood | South Bloomfield | - | Water flooding entire building west of Canandaigua. |
| August 2021 | Heavy Rain | South Bloomfield | - | Storm total rainfall that was reported during the entirety of the passage of the remnants of Tropical Storm Fred. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vincent | 1.9 miles | 23 | |
| Centerfield | 2.1 miles | 23 | |
| Bristol | 2.1 miles | 23 | |
| Mayweed Corner | 2.5 miles | 23 | |
| Speakers Corner | 3.2 miles | 23 | |
| Bloomfield | 3.3 miles | 26 | |
| East Bloomfield | 3.4 miles | 26 | |
| Bristol Center | 3.6 miles | 23 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 965685. 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.







