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South Thurston, New York

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1924 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Thurston town. It lies in ZIP code area 14821. The Survey maps it on the Rathbone quadrangle.

South Thurston within Steuben County

Then and now

1924 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 62 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 Thurston, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of South Thurston, surveyed 1924

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 19 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

85 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 85 fires within 5 miles of South Thurston between 1992 and 2020, burning about 131 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 9 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/undetermined40
Debris and open burning16
Arson/incendiarism9
Natural7
Equipment and vehicle use5
Smoking5
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Recreation and ceremony1

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
6 August 2016Debris and open burning1.3 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
2 August 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
12 August 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
10 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 July 2016Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
5 July 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
5 July 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
26 July 2012Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Steuben County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of South Thurston: 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Cornell PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
East Campbell PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Town of Cameron PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Steuben 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
Risingville1.6 miles19
Thurston2.2 miles19
Cameron Mills3.9 miles19
North Thurston4.5 miles18
Rathbone4.9 miles19
North Cameron5.1 miles18
Bonny Hill5.1 miles18
Campbell5.6 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 Q122593212The 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 973099. 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.