South Oxford, New York
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Oxford town. It lies in ZIP code area 13830. It stands on Eddy Brook. The Survey maps it on the Oxford quadrangle.
Then and now
1902 to 1985The same ground, surveyed 83 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 Oxford
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 1 record
- Sannick Family Farmlisted 2007
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 16 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.
- 1902 USGS Coventry quadrangle1:62500
- 1902 USGS Oxford quadrangle1:62500
- 1904 USGS Oxford quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1948 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Oxford quadrangle1:24000
- 1950 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1951 USGS Oxford quadrangle1:24000
- 1958 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
46 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 46 fires within 5 miles of South Oxford between 1992 and 2020, burning about 65 acres in total. 2 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 | 9 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 23 August 1995 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 6 July 1999 | Natural | 1.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 19 July 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 13 July 2017 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 29 June 1995 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 17 June 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 May 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of South Oxford: 4 producers. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Du Boise Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Dubois S&G Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Wehrli Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Whaley Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names South Oxford in 3 storm reports between 2004 and 2023: 2 hail, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | South Oxford | $5,000 | Strong thunderstorm wind knocked down multiple trees and wires. |
| July 2008 | Hail | South Oxford | - | no account filed |
| August 2004 | Hail | South Oxford | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buckley Hollow | 2.2 miles | 18 | |
| Brisben | 3.6 miles | 17 | |
| Tyner | 3.7 miles | 18 | |
| Oxford | 3.9 miles | 16 | |
| Coventry | 5.1 miles | 17 | |
| Coventryville | 5.3 miles | 17 | |
| Dibble Corner | 5.5 miles | 18 | |
| Smithville Center | 5.9 miles | 18 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 973097. 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.









