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South Lebanon, New York

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Lebanon town. It lies in ZIP code area 13332. It lies near Dunhams Pinnacle. The Survey maps it on the West Eaton quadrangle.

South Lebanon within Madison County

Then and now

1902 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 84 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 Lebanon, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of South Lebanon, surveyed 1902

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 18 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.

Fires near this place

39 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 39 fires within 5 miles of South Lebanon between 1992 and 2019, burning about 42 acres in total. 4 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/undetermined18
Arson/incendiarism7
Debris and open burning6
Natural4
Smoking2
Recreation and ceremony1
Equipment and vehicle use1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
16 September 2018Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
2 August 1993Natural1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
20 July 2019Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
16 June 2014Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
8 May 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 May 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 May 1994Debris and open burning2.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
27 May 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Madison County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of South Lebanon: 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Pit 1 & 2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Madison County

Storms near this place

2 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names South Lebanon in 2 storm reports between 2007 and 2024: 2 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2024Thunderstorm WindSouth Lebanon$2,000Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down a tree and wires on South Lebanon Road.
July 2007Thunderstorm WindSouth Lebanon$1,000A tree and a wire were blown down on South Lebanon Road. |

Every storm 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Lebanon1.6 miles18
Lebanon Center2.7 miles19
Campbell3.9 miles19
Georgetown4.2 miles18
Randallsville5.4 miles19
Middleport5.6 miles19
Earlville6.1 miles18
Pierceville6.4 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 965804. 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.