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Southwood, New York

28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1986. It lies in ZIP code area 13078. It lies near Smoky Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Jamesville quadrangle.

Southwood 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 Southwood, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Southwood, surveyed 1900

On record in Southwood

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 28 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

286 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 286 fires within 5 miles of Southwood between 2000 and 2020, burning about 186 acres in total. 18 started naturally. 36 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/undetermined191
Arson/incendiarism36
Natural18
Smoking18
Debris and open burning9
Equipment and vehicle use8
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
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
9 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
7 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
27 September 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
27 September 2014Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
27 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
26 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.3 acresFire Department of New YorkNA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Onondaga County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 20 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Southwood: 17 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Gypsum-Anhydrite, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Calcium. 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
Jamesville QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Jamesville QuarryCalciumProducer
Jamesville Quarry & Cement PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Jamesville Quarry and MillCalciumPast ProducerCalcite
Rock Cut QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
South Onondaga PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
South Onondaga Pit & Nedrow MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Van Slyke PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Van Slyke PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed Gypsum QuarryGypsum-AnhydritePast Producer

Every working recorded in Onondaga County

Storms near this place

3 since 2017

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Southwood in 3 storm reports between 2017 and 2025: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2017Flash FloodSouthwood$935,000Widespread flash flooding of most creeks and urbanized areas occurred throughout the town of Lafayette. Culverts and roads were washed out in several places. Some residences experienced flooding.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindSouthwood$3,000Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down a tree onto a house.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindSouthwood$2,000Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down a tree and wires near Clark Reservation State Park.

Every storm 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Skytop1.8 miles29
Jamesville2.0 miles28
Nedrow2.3 miles27
Onondaga Castle2.5 miles27
Breezy Acres2.8 miles28
Sentinel Heights3.2 miles28
DeWitt3.5 miles29
Onondaga Hill4.0 miles29

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 965930. 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.