South Somerset, New York

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Somerset town. It lies in ZIP code area 14008. The Survey maps it on the Barker quadrangle.

South Somerset within Niagara County

Then and now

1897 to 1984

The same ground, surveyed 87 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 Somerset, surveyed 1984

Topographic sheet of South Somerset, surveyed 1897

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 22 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.

1897 USGS Olcott quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
1899 USGS Niagara quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
1948 USGS Olcott quadrangle1:62500
1949 USGS Barker quadrangle1:24000
1952 USGS Toronto quadrangle1:250000
1962 USGS Toronto quadrangle1:250000
1965 USGS Barker quadrangle1:24000
1965 USGS Toronto quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1980 USGS Barker quadrangle1:25000
1984 USGS Lockport quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

54 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 54 fires within 5 miles of South Somerset between 2003 and 2020, burning about 34 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 10 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	25
Debris and open burning	11
Arson/incendiarism	10
Equipment and vehicle use	5
Natural	2
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
25 September 2007	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
21 September 2014	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
8 August 2006	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
7 August 2006	Misuse of fire by a minor	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
25 August 2012	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
23 August 2015	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
10 August 2015	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
7 July 2011	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Niagara 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Barker	1.7 miles	22
West Somerset	2.0 miles	22
North Hartland	2.2 miles	22
Somerset	2.7 miles	22
Hess Road	3.9 miles	22
Appleton	4.1 miles	22
Hartland	4.9 miles	27
Johnson Creek	5.5 miles	27

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2096820. 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.