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South Sodus, New York

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Sodus town. It lies in ZIP code area 14551. The Survey maps it on the Rose quadrangle.

South Sodus within Wayne County

Then and now

1902 to 1985

The 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 sheet of South Sodus, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of South Sodus, surveyed 1902

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 23 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

154 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 154 fires within 5 miles of South Sodus between 2001 and 2020, burning about 126 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 40 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/undetermined93
Arson/incendiarism40
Natural7
Debris and open burning6
Equipment and vehicle use3
Recreation and ceremony3
Smoking2

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
7 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2013Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
4 September 2020Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresFire Department of New YorkNA
4 September 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 September 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
29 September 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
29 September 2008Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Wayne County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of South Sodus: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Sodus QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Sodus Quarry and PlantLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Wayne 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
Thorntons Corner1.4 miles20
Wayne Center1.9 miles23
Alton3.0 miles23
Zurich3.2 miles20
York3.2 miles23
Sodus Center3.3 miles20
Wallington4.0 miles20
Glenmark4.3 miles23

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.

Wikidata item Q122570993The 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 965876. 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.