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Springwater, New York

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Springwater town. It lies in ZIP code area 14560. It stands on Limekiln Creek. The Survey maps it on the Springwater quadrangle. 518 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 974 feet above sea level.

Springwater within Livingston County

Then and now

1902 to 1983

The same ground, surveyed 81 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Springwater, surveyed 1983
Topographic sheet of Springwater, surveyed 1902

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 24 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 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 85 fires within 5 miles of Springwater between 1997 and 2020, burning about 143 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 12 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/undetermined42
Arson/incendiarism12
Natural11
Smoking6
Debris and open burning5
Equipment and vehicle use3
Recreation and ceremony2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2

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
4 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
24 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
18 August 2020Recreation and ceremony5.0 acresFire Department of New YorkNA
10 August 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
9 July 2007Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 July 2015Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
31 July 2010Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
26 July 2005Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Livingston 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 Springwater: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 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
County PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Highway Department PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Highway Department PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Livingston County

Storms near this place

18 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Springwater in 18 storm reports between 1996 and 2024: 16 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 hail. 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 2008Flash FloodSpringwater$200,000no account filed
July 2008Thunderstorm WindSpringwater$25,000no account filed
July 2013Thunderstorm WindSpringwater$20,000Law enforcement reported a large tree downed by thunderstorm winds fell on a house.
May 2012Thunderstorm WindSpringwater$15,000Law enforcement reported power poles and wires down.
August 2001Thunderstorm WindSpringwater$12,000no account filed
May 2017Thunderstorm WindSpringwater$10,000Law enforcement reported trees downed by thunderstorm winds.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindSpringwater$10,000Law enforcement reported trees down by thunderstorm winds.
September 2012Thunderstorm WindSpringwater$10,000Law enforcement reported trees and wires down.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindSpringwater$10,000Utility lines were downed in Springwater.
August 2009Thunderstorm WindSpringwater$10,000Trees and wires were downed by thunderstorm winds.
October 2017Thunderstorm WindSpringwater$8,000Law enforcement reported trees downed by thunderstorm winds.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindSpringwater$5,000Trees, poles, and wires down on Depot Road.
May 2013HailSpringwater$5,000no account filed
June 1996Thunderstorm WindSpringwater$5,000no account filed
July 2024Thunderstorm WindSpringwater$2,000Trees downed in Springwater.
August 2022Thunderstorm WindSpringwater$2,000Trees and wires were downed.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindSpringwater$2,000Trees and wires were reported down.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindSpringwater$1,000Trees downed in Springwater.

Every storm recorded in Livingston 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
Libertypole2.2 miles22
Websters Crossing3.1 miles22
Reed Corners5.2 miles24
Scottsburg6.5 miles22
Conesus7.1 miles22
Dansville7.5 miles24
Union Corners7.5 miles22
Cumminsville8.0 miles24

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.

Wikipedia article on SpringwaterAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6133462The 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 966108. 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.