Sulphur Springs, New York
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Hounsfield town. It lies in ZIP code area 13601. The Survey maps it on the Sackets Harbor quadrangle.
Then and now
1893 to 1985The same ground, surveyed 92 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


On record in Sulphur Springs
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 4 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
- District School No. 19listed 1989 · 0.1 miles away
- Sulphur Springs Cemeterylisted 1989 · 0.1 miles away
- Star Grange No. 9listed 1989 · 0.2 miles away
- Ressequie Farmlisted 1989 · 0.9 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 20 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1893 USGS Sackets Harbor quadrangle1:62500
- 1895 USGS Sackets Harbor quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1895 USGS Sacketts Harbor quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1943 USGS Sackets Harbor quadrangle1:31680
- 1959 USGS Sackets Harbor quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1965 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Pulaski quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
119 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 119 fires within 5 miles of Sulphur Springs between 2001 and 2020, burning about 109 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 11 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 | 71 |
| Debris and open burning | 13 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 11 |
| Natural | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 4 September 2007 | Smoking | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 30 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 29 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 27 September 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 19 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 15 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 10 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Sulphur Springs: 1 producer. 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adams Center Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alverson | 1.6 miles | 20 | |
| Camps Mills | 2.4 miles | 20 | |
| Baggs Corner | 2.6 miles | 20 | |
| North Adams | 2.7 miles | 20 | |
| Fields Settlement | 2.9 miles | 23 | |
| Rices | 3.2 miles | 23 | |
| Jewettville | 3.8 miles | 20 | |
| East Hounsfield | 3.9 miles | 23 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 973126. 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.








