South Plymouth, New York
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Plymouth town. It lies in ZIP code area 13844. It stands on East Branch Canasawacta Creek. The Survey maps it on the Norwich quadrangle. It stands 1,138 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1903 to 1986The 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.


Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 19 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.
- 1903 USGS Norwich quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1943 USGS Norwich quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Norwich quadrangle1:62500
- 1944 USGS Norwich quadrangle1:31680
- 1944 USGS Norwich quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1944 USGS Norwich quadrangle1:24000
- 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
84 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 84 fires within 5 miles of South Plymouth between 1992 and 2020, burning about 73 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 11 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 | 22 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 11 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 5 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 3 September 2004 | Smoking | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 29 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 10 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 23 August 2020 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 31 July 2002 | Natural | 1.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 3 July 2004 | 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
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of South Plymouth: 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Foley Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Robert H. Stackhouse Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Stack House Gravel Bed | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names South Plymouth in 1 storm report in 2014: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | South Plymouth | $5,000 | Multiple trees were blown down on Bartlett Road and State Route 23. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plasterville | 2.3 miles | 19 | |
| Galena | 2.8 miles | 19 | |
| North Norwich | 3.2 miles | 19 | |
| Plymouth | 3.2 miles | 19 | |
| Norwich | 4.1 miles | 19 | |
| Hawley Corners | 4.1 miles | 19 | |
| Kirk | 4.4 miles | 19 | |
| Maple Grove East | 4.5 miles | 19 |
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 Plymouth | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q48740518 | 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 965843. 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.










