South Hartwick, New York
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1910 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Hartwick town. It lies in ZIP code area 13810. It lies near Bunn Hill. The Survey maps it on the Mount Vision quadrangle. It stands 1,234 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1910 to 1986The same ground, surveyed 76 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
9 surveys from 18 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.
- 1910 USGS Hartwick quadrangle1:62500
- 1912 USGS Hartwick quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1943 USGS Mt Vision quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1945 USGS Mt Vision 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
54 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 54 fires within 5 miles of South Hartwick between 1995 and 2020, burning about 75 acres in total. 1 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 | 32 |
| Debris and open burning | 11 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 September 2013 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 26 August 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.5 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 19 August 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 15 August 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 6 July 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 30 July 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.5 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 29 July 1999 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 21 July 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of South Hartwick: 1 producer. All of them still produce. 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Schmidts Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names South Hartwick in 3 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | South Hartwick | $5,000 | no account filed |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | South Hartwick | $2,500 | Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down trees on Arnold Lake Road. |
| June 2025 | Flash Flood | South Hartwick | $2,000 | Water and debris was reported across the road south of the Town of Hartwick. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jones Crossing | 0.8 miles | 17 | |
| Lena | 1.5 miles | 18 | |
| Fall Bridge | 1.9 miles | 18 | |
| Mount Vision | 2.6 miles | 18 | |
| Hartwick | 3.0 miles | 17 | |
| Scotch Hill | 3.9 miles | 17 | |
| Field Crossing | 4.4 miles | 17 | |
| Welcome | 4.6 miles | 16 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on South Hartwick | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q48740558 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 965766. 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.








