Summit, New York
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Summit town. It lies in ZIP code area 12175. It lies near Sawyer Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Summit quadrangle.
Then and now
1904 to 1985The 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.


On record in Summit
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 1 record
- House at 461 Spruce Lake Roadlisted 2015
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 17 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.
- 1904 USGS Richmondville quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1943 USGS Summit quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1945 USGS Summit quadrangle1:31680
- 1948 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Amsterdam quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
59 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 59 fires within 5 miles of Summit between 1992 and 2020, burning about 60 acres in total. 5 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/undetermined | 26 |
| Debris and open burning | 10 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 4 September 1999 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 27 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 21 September 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 21 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 9 August 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | SUMMIT HAY BALES |
| 28 August 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 4 July 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
15 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Summit in 15 storm reports between 1996 and 2021: 11 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 2 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2000 | Flash Flood | Summit | $22,000 | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Summit | $10,000 | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Summit | $3,000 | no account filed |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Summit | - | Wires were downed in the Town of Summit. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Summit | - | A couple of trees were downed on Eminence Road near the Town of Summit. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Summit | - | A tree was downed onto wires. |
| May 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Summit | - | A large limb was downed, blocking State Route 10. |
| August 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Summit | - | A tree was downed and on wires at the intersection of State Route 10 and Beards Hollow Road due to thunderstorm winds. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Summit | - | Trees and wires were downed in Summit as a result of thunderstorm winds. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Summit | - | A tree was reported down in Summit due to thunderstorm winds. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Summit | - | Trees and wires were reported down in Summit due to strong thunderstorm winds. |
| January 2010 | Flash Flood | Summit | - | One lane of Route 10 in Summit was reported blocked due to a mud and rock slide. |
| December 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Summit | - | Trees were reported down due to thunderstorm winds in Summit. |
| June 2000 | Hail | Summit | - | no account filed |
| August 2000 | Hail | Summit | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beards Hollow | 2.6 miles | 17 | |
| Lutheranville | 2.8 miles | 17 | |
| Richmondville | 4.0 miles | 17 | |
| Arabia | 4.0 miles | 17 | |
| Eminence | 4.7 miles | 17 | |
| Charlotteville | 4.7 miles | 17 | |
| West Richmondville | 5.2 miles | 17 | |
| East Jefferson | 5.2 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 966768. 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.







