Baldwin, New York
29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Hempstead town. It lies in ZIP code area 11510. The Survey maps it on the Freeport quadrangle. 33,919 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 23 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1897 to 1994The same ground, surveyed 97 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1897 against another survey:
On record in Baldwin
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
George Sumner Kellogg Houselisted 2017
Population over time
2 figuresBaldwin grew from 24,033 to 33,919 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 24,033 | |
| 2020 | 33,919 | +9,886 (+41%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
15 surveys from 29 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.
- 1897 USGS Hempstead quadrangle1:62500
- 1898 USGS Hempstead quadrangle1:62500
- 1899 USGS Hempstead quadrangle1:62500
- 1903 USGS Hempstead quadrangle1:62500, 9 printings
- 1947 USGS Freeport quadrangle1:24000
- 1949 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Freeport quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1969 USGS Freeport quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1969 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Long Island West quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Freeport quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
878 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 878 fires within 5 miles of Baldwin between 1992 and 2020, burning about 367 acres in total. 30 started naturally. 94 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 | 559 |
| Smoking | 99 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 94 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 33 |
| Natural | 30 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 29 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 16 |
| Debris and open burning | 11 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 8 September 2015 | Smoking | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 8 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 8 September 2005 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 8 September 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 6 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 6 September 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 Baldwin: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Wollastonite, Garnet. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deershead | Wollastonite, Garnet | Occurrence | Wollastonite |
Storms near this place
8 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Baldwin in 8 storm reports between 1997 and 2021: 4 thunderstorm wind, 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Baldwin | $7,000 | Large tree limb fell down onto SUV causing damage on Atlantic Avenue in Oceanside. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Baldwin | $1,000 | Tree down on Lincoln Avenue at Aldred Avenue reported by Nassau County Traffic Management. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Baldwin | $1,000 | Power lines were reported down on Rockaway Avenue in Oceanside. |
| August 2018 | Flash Flood | Baldwin | - | Intersections in the village of Rockville Center were under moving water. |
| July 2016 | Flash Flood | Baldwin | - | Foxhurst Road in Oceanside was impassable due to flooding. |
| August 2010 | Flash Flood | Baldwin | - | A vehicle became stuck in flood waters on Long Beach Rd. between Sunrise Hwy. and Merrick Rd. in Rockville Centre. The occupant of the vehicle was rescued by the local fire department. |
| June 2004 | Flash Flood | Baldwin | - | Torrential rains resulted in flash flooding of several streets in Baldwin. |
| May 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Baldwin | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Millburn | 0.6 miles | 29 | |
| Baldwin Harbor | 1.2 miles | 29 | |
| Freeport | 1.4 miles | 29 | |
| Rockville Centre | 1.7 miles | 29 | |
| South Hempstead | 1.7 miles | 29 | |
| Roosevelt | 1.9 miles | 29 | |
| Bay Colony | 2.0 miles | 29 | |
| Oceanside | 2.0 miles | 29 |
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 Baldwin | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q607108 | 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 942888. 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.














