South Butler, New York

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Butler town. It lies in ZIP code area 13154. It lies near Pinkney Hill. The Survey maps it on the Wolcott quadrangle.

South Butler within Wayne County

Then and now

1902 to 1985

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 Butler, surveyed 1985

Topographic sheet of South Butler, surveyed 1902

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 22 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.

1902 USGS Clyde quadrangle1:62500, 8 printings
1943 USGS Wolcott quadrangle1:31680
1953 USGS Clyde quadrangle1:62500
1953 USGS Wolcott quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1960 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1961 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1965 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:250000
1985 USGS Syracuse quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings

Fires near this place

57 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 57 fires within 5 miles of South Butler between 2001 and 2020, burning about 52 acres in total. 7 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/undetermined	30
Arson/incendiarism	13
Natural	7
Debris and open burning	4
Recreation and ceremony	2
Smoking	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
4 September 2019	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
28 August 2020	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	5.0 acres	Fire Department of New York	NA
24 August 2012	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
15 August 2001	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
11 August 2018	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
11 August 2001	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
24 July 2011	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
18 July 2016	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Butler Center	2.6 miles	22
Noble Corner	3.9 miles	23
West Butler	4.0 miles	22
Shepards Corner	4.3 miles	23
Savannah	4.4 miles	23
Daboll Corners	4.8 miles	23
Fort Hill	5.4 miles	23
Wiley Corner	6.0 miles	23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 965715. 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.