South Cambridge, New York
29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Cambridge town. It lies in ZIP code area 12028. The Survey maps it on the Eagle Bridge quadrangle.
Then and now
1897 to 1989The same ground, surveyed 92 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 29 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.
- 1897 USGS Hoosick quadrangle1:62500, 10 printings
- 1900 USGS Taconic quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1944 USGS Eagle Bridge quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1946 USGS Eagle Bridge quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Eagle Bridge quadrangle1:25000
- 1956 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Albany quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Albany quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
102 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 102 fires within 5 miles of South Cambridge between 1993 and 2020, burning about 120 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 7 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 | 56 |
| Debris and open burning | 20 |
| Natural | 11 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2002 | Other causes | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 26 September 2020 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 26 September 2020 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 14 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 August 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 2 August 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 5 June 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 19 June 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2016Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names South Cambridge in 3 storm reports between 2016 and 2025: 3 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | South Cambridge | - | A tree was downed on South Cambridge Road in the Town of Cambridge. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | South Cambridge | - | A retired NWS employee reported a tree down that was 1 foot in diameter. |
| August 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | South Cambridge | - | Trees were reported down along Route 59A near South Cambridge due to thunderstorm winds. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lee | 0.7 miles | 29 | |
| West Cambridge | 1.8 miles | 29 | |
| Center Cambridge | 2.4 miles | 29 | |
| South Easton | 2.6 miles | 30 | |
| Fly Summit | 3.4 miles | 27 | |
| Oak Hill | 3.9 miles | 29 | |
| Barkers Grove | 4.3 miles | 30 | |
| North Cambridge | 4.4 miles | 27 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 965718. 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.
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.











