South Hamilton, New York

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Hamilton town. It lies in ZIP code area 13332. It lies near Clark Hill. The Survey maps it on the Hubbardsville quadrangle.

South Hamilton within Madison County

Then and now

1907 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 79 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 Hamilton, surveyed 1986

Topographic sheet of South Hamilton, surveyed 1907

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 17 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.

1907 USGS Sangerfield quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
1943 USGS Hubbardsville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1943 USGS Sangerfield quadrangle1:62500
1944 USGS Hubbardsville quadrangle1:31680
1948 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
1950 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1958 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
1963 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
1986 USGS Norwich quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

47 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 47 fires within 5 miles of South Hamilton between 1997 and 2020, burning about 60 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 4 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	24
Debris and open burning	7
Natural	6
Equipment and vehicle use	6
Arson/incendiarism	4

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
24 September 2008	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
13 August 2009	Natural	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
7 July 2009	Natural	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
3 July 2020	Equipment and vehicle use	5.0 acres	Fire Department of New York	NA
21 July 2019	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
21 July 2007	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
23 June 2012	Natural	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
8 May 2005	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Madison County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of South Hamilton: 1 producer, 1 prospect. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Salt, Natural Gas. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	Jewett Bed	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
	Letts No.1 Well	Salt, Natural Gas	Prospect

Every working recorded in Madison 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
Brooks Corner	2.2 miles	17
East Hamilton	2.2 miles	17
Hamilton Center	2.6 miles	17
Poolville	2.8 miles	19
Moscow Hill	3.1 miles	17
Hubbardsville	3.5 miles	17
West Brookfield	3.8 miles	17
Earlville	5.2 miles	18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 965762. 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.