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South Bristol, New York

26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1983. It stands in South Bristol town. It lies in ZIP code area 14512. It lies near Stid Hill. The Survey maps it on the Bristol Springs quadrangle.

South Bristol within Ontario County

Then and now

1900 to 1983

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 Bristol, surveyed 1983
Topographic sheet of South Bristol, surveyed 1900

On record in South Bristol

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.

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 26 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

52 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 52 fires within 5 miles of South Bristol between 1992 and 2020, burning about 149 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 9 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
Debris and open burning20
Missing data/not specified/undetermined16
Arson/incendiarism9
Smoking6
Natural1

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
21 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 July 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
25 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresFire Department of New YorkNA
25 July 2016Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
14 July 2004Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
11 July 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreNew York Forest RangersGORDON BEACH FIRE
1 July 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 May 1992Debris and open burning4.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Ontario County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of South Bristol: 3 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
Bristol Springs PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Bristol Springs PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Pine View Farm PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Trickey Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Ontario County

Storms near this place

10 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names South Bristol in 10 storm reports between 1996 and 2024: 4 flash flood, 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 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
June 1996Tornado (F1)South Bristol$50,000no account filed
June 2005Flash FloodSouth Bristol$25,000no account filed
January 1998Flash FloodSouth Bristol$15,000no account filed
May 2012Thunderstorm WindSouth Bristol$10,000Law enforcement reported trees and wires down.
May 2012HailSouth Bristol$5,000no account filed
August 2022Thunderstorm WindSouth Bristol$2,000Trees and wires were downed.
January 1998Flash FloodSouth Bristol$1,000no account filed
January 1998Flash FloodSouth Bristol$1,000no account filed
June 2024Thunderstorm WindSouth Bristol$500Tree downed and blocking roadway.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindSouth Bristol$500Tree downed on roadway.

Every storm recorded in Ontario 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
Boswell Corners1.5 miles26
Bristol Springs1.9 miles26
Covel Corner2.3 miles25
Gulick4.0 miles26
Woodville4.5 miles25
Semans Corner4.7 miles26
Grange Landing4.8 miles24
Bristol Center5.5 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 973089. 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.