Summerdale, New York
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Chautauqua town. It lies in ZIP code area 14781. The Survey maps it on the Sherman quadrangle.
Then and now
1905 to 1986The 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 sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 19 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.
- 1905 USGS Clymer quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1939 USGS Clymer quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1941 USGS Clymer quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Sherman quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1967 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Jamestown quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
62 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 62 fires within 5 miles of Summerdale between 1993 and 2020, burning about 86 acres in total. 7 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/undetermined | 30 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 12 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 30 September 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 21 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 13 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 17 August 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 16 August 2017 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 5 July 1998 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 26 July 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Summerdale in 3 storm reports between 2012 and 2021: 3 thunderstorm wind. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Summerdale | $10,000 | Law enforcement reported trees and wires downed by thunderstorm winds on Sherman-Westfield Road. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Summerdale | $10,000 | Law enforcement reported numerous trees and wires down. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Summerdale | $1,000 | A tree was downed onto power lines. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Volusia | 3.0 miles | 18 | |
| Sherman | 4.0 miles | 19 | |
| Stebbins Corners | 4.2 miles | 19 | |
| Lombard | 4.3 miles | 15 | |
| Lakeside Park | 4.4 miles | 17 | |
| Point Pleasant | 4.4 miles | 17 | |
| Cottage Park | 4.4 miles | 17 | |
| Mayville | 4.4 miles | 18 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 966762. 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.
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.








