South Easton, New York
30 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Easton town. It lies in ZIP code area 12185. It lies near Beadle Hill. The Survey maps it on the Schaghticoke quadrangle.
Then and now
1893 to 1989The same ground, surveyed 96 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
14 surveys from 30 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.
- 1893 USGS Cohoes quadrangle1:62500
- 1895 USGS Cohoes quadrangle1:62500
- 1898 USGS Cohoes quadrangle1:62500, 8 printings
- 1929 USGS Cohoes quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1947 USGS Cohoes quadrangle1:62500
- 1948 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Cohoes quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Schaghticoke quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 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
87 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 87 fires within 5 miles of South Easton between 1993 and 2020, burning about 106 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 6 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 | 45 |
| Debris and open burning | 22 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| 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 |
| 4 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 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 |
| 9 July 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 9 July 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 2016Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names South Easton in 4 storm reports between 2016 and 2025: 4 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 Easton | - | A tree was down on wires along Meeting House Road in the Town of Easton. |
| September 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | South Easton | - | A tree and wires were downed on Cooke Hollow Road and Meeting House Road in the Town of Easton. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | South Easton | - | A power outage occurred in the Town of Easton off Gifford Road due to a large tree down onto a telephone pole. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | South Easton | - | Trees and wires were reported down at the intersection of South Cambridge Road and Beadle Hill Road in South Easton 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barkers Grove | 1.7 miles | 30 | |
| Easton | 1.9 miles | 30 | |
| West Cambridge | 2.3 miles | 29 | |
| North Easton | 2.6 miles | 26 | |
| Lee | 2.6 miles | 29 | |
| South Cambridge | 2.6 miles | 29 | |
| Fly Summit | 3.0 miles | 27 | |
| Crandall Corners | 3.1 miles | 30 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 965740. 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.













