Sweden Center, New York
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Sweden town. It lies in ZIP code area 14420. The Survey maps it on the Brockport quadrangle.
Then and now
1899 to 1984The same ground, surveyed 85 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


On record in Sweden Center
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.
Lake View Cemeterylisted 2009 · 1.0 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 22 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.
- 1899 USGS Bergen quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1899 USGS Brockport quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1934 USGS Brockport quadrangle1:24000
- 1952 USGS Brockport quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1965 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Brockport quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
126 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 126 fires within 5 miles of Sweden Center between 2002 and 2020, burning about 71 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 33 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 | 44 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 33 |
| Smoking | 19 |
| Debris and open burning | 11 |
| Natural | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 8 September 2018 | Smoking | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 8 September 2014 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 8 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 28 September 2018 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 21 September 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 17 September 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 12 September 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
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 Sweden Center: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brockport Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sweden Center in 2 storm reports between 2017 and 2020: 1 lightning, 1 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brockport | 2.5 miles | 22 | |
| West Sweden | 3.0 miles | 22 | |
| Clarkson | 3.9 miles | 22 | |
| Garland | 4.3 miles | 22 | |
| Redman Corners | 4.8 miles | 22 | |
| Adams Basin | 5.0 miles | 24 | |
| Town Pump | 5.1 miles | 24 | |
| Hinkleyville | 5.5 miles | 24 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122595151 | The 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 966909. 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.








