South Spafford, New York

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Spafford town. It lies in ZIP code area 13077. It lies near Gifford Hill. The Survey maps it on the Otisco Valley quadrangle.

South Spafford within Onondaga County

Then and now

1900 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 86 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 Spafford, surveyed 1986

Topographic sheet of South Spafford, surveyed 1900

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 27 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.

1900 USGS Tully quadrangle1:62500, 9 printings
1943 USGS Otisco Valley quadrangle1:31680
1950 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1955 USGS Otisco Valley quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
1955 USGS Tully quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1958 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1962 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1965 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000
1986 USGS Auburn quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

69 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 69 fires within 5 miles of South Spafford between 2002 and 2020, burning about 45 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 17 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	27
Arson/incendiarism	17
Debris and open burning	10
Natural	6
Misuse of fire by a minor	5
Smoking	3
Equipment and vehicle use	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
22 September 2018	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
12 September 2016	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
11 September 2008	Misuse of fire by a minor	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
4 August 2017	Misuse of fire by a minor	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
17 August 2018	Smoking	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
15 August 2005	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
13 August 2017	Misuse of fire by a minor	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
5 July 2017	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Fire Department of New York	N/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Onondaga County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of South Spafford: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Salt. 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
	Tully Brine Wells	Salt	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Onondaga 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
Bromley	1.9 miles	27
Spafford Landing	3.0 miles	26
Spafford	3.0 miles	26
Spafford Valley	3.2 miles	27
Vesper	3.3 miles	27
Otisco Valley	3.5 miles	27
Tully Lake Park	4.4 miles	27
Assembly Park	4.7 miles	27

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 973098. 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.