South Lima, New York
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1983. It lies in ZIP code area 14487. The Survey maps it on the Livonia quadrangle. 269 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 899 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1901 to 1983The same ground, surveyed 82 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


On record in South Lima
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Ganoung Cobblestone Farmhouselisted 1989 · 0.9 miles away
Population over time
2 figuresSouth Lima grew from 240 to 269 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 240 | |
| 2020 | 269 | +29 (+12%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 23 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.
- 1901 USGS Honeoye quadrangle1:62500
- 1904 USGS Honeoye quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
- 1942 USGS Livonia quadrangle1:31680
- 1950 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1951 USGS Livonia quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1965 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Canandaigua quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
142 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 142 fires within 5 miles of South Lima between 2000 and 2020, burning about 178 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 34 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 | 60 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 34 |
| Debris and open burning | 17 |
| Natural | 13 |
| Smoking | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 September 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 21 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 2 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 13 September 2007 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 10 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.4 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 4 August 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 25 August 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 17 August 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of South Lima: 4 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Salt, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Avon Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| West River Road Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Conesus Lake Salt & Min.Co.Well #4 | Salt | Past Producer | ||
| Livonia Salt Shaft | Salt | Past Producer | ||
| Livonia Salt Well | Salt | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names South Lima in 2 storm reports in 2017: 2 hail. 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conesus Lake Junction | 1.6 miles | 23 | |
| Lakeville | 2.0 miles | 23 | |
| Sand Point | 2.1 miles | 23 | |
| Pebble Beach | 2.3 miles | 23 | |
| Livonia | 2.4 miles | 23 | |
| Tuxedo Park | 2.7 miles | 23 | |
| Cluny Point | 2.8 miles | 23 | |
| Livonia Center | 3.0 miles | 23 |
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 Lima | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6132783 | 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 965807. 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.








