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Bedford Center, New York

35 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1998. It stands in Bedford town. It lies in ZIP code area 10507. It lies near Mount Aspetong. The Survey maps it on the Mount Kisco quadrangle.

Bedford Center within Westchester County

Then and now

1892 to 1998

The same ground, surveyed 106 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Bedford Center, surveyed 1998
Topographic sheet of Bedford Center, surveyed 1892

Compare 1892 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 35 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

268 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 268 fires within 5 miles of Bedford Center between 2000 and 2020, burning about 188 acres in total. 35 started naturally. 18 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/undetermined123
Natural35
Smoking27
Debris and open burning22
Arson/incendiarism18
Power generation/transmission/distribution18
Equipment and vehicle use16
Recreation and ceremony8
Misuse of fire by a minor1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
9 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
8 September 2008Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
5 September 2016Debris and open burning3.8 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
5 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Westchester County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Bedford Center: 5 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Feldspar, Quartz, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Hobby QuarriesFeldspar, QuartzPast Producer
Somers PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Baylis Rock QuarryStonePast Producer
Baylis Rock QuarryStonePast Producer
Kinkel Gneiss Rock QuarriesStoneProducer
Kinkel Gneiss Rock QuarriesStonePast Producer

Every working recorded in Westchester County

Storms near this place

2 since 2024

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bedford Center in 2 storm reports in 2024: 2 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2024Thunderstorm WindBedford Center$2,000Trees down on Rock Gate Farm Road.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindBedford Center$1,000Tree down on 684 Northbound North of Exit 4.

Every storm recorded in Westchester County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Bedford1.3 miles35
Bedford Four Corners1.8 miles35
Bedford Hills2.2 miles35
Katonah3.0 miles34
Katonah Ridge3.6 miles34
Kirbyville3.7 miles35
Cross River3.7 miles41
Mount Kisco3.8 miles35

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 Q122571404The 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 943487. 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.