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South Bradford, New York

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Bradford town. It lies in ZIP code area 14879. The Survey maps it on the Savona quadrangle.

South Bradford within Steuben County

Then and now

1903 to 1986

The 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.

Topographic sheet of South Bradford, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of South Bradford, surveyed 1903

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 23 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

92 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 92 fires within 5 miles of South Bradford between 1994 and 2020, burning about 154 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 13 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/undetermined39
Debris and open burning24
Arson/incendiarism13
Natural4
Smoking3
Equipment and vehicle use3
Recreation and ceremony3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
9 September 2003Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
2 September 1999Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
7 August 1999Debris and open burning1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
27 August 2005Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
26 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
25 August 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
21 August 2006Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Steuben County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of South Bradford: 4 producers, 2 past producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Salt. 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
J.D.Engle No.2 WellSaltPast Producer
Bradford PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Morehouse PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Savona PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Slebe PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Walrath PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Steuben County

Storms near this place

1 since 2025

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names South Bradford in 1 storm report in 2025: 1 hail. 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
May 2025HailSouth Bradford-no account filed

Every storm 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
Sonora2.6 miles23
Meads Creek3.0 miles22
Bradford4.2 miles22
Savona5.1 miles23
East Campbell6.0 miles23
Hornby6.4 miles23
Campbell6.6 miles23
North Urbana7.3 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 965688. 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.