Bedford Hills, 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 Bull Hill. The Survey maps it on the Mount Kisco quadrangle. 3,239 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 341 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1892 to 1998The 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.


Compare 1892 against another survey:
On record in Bedford Hills
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
Richard H. Mandel Houselisted 1996
Population over time
2 figuresBedford Hills grew from 3,001 to 3,239 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 | 3,001 | |
| 2020 | 3,239 | +238 (+8%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 35 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.
- 1892 USGS Stamford quadrangle1:62500
- 1893 USGS Stamford quadrangle1:62500
- 1899 USGS Stamford quadrangle1:62500, 13 printings
- 1947 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Mount Kisco quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1961 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1965 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Mount Kisco quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Bridgeport quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1998 USGS Mount Kisco quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
247 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 247 fires within 5 miles of Bedford Hills between 2000 and 2020, burning about 182 acres in total. 36 started naturally. 15 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 | 114 |
| Natural | 36 |
| Smoking | 25 |
| Debris and open burning | 23 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 17 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 15 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 9 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 8 September 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 5 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 3.8 acres | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 5 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 5 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 4 September 2008 | Smoking | 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
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Bedford Hills: 4 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Somers Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Baylis Rock Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Baylis Rock Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Kinkel Gneiss Rock Quarries | Stone | Producer | ||
| Kinkel Gneiss Rock Quarries | Stone | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bedford Hills in 3 storm reports between 1999 and 2022: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bedford Hills | $3,000 | Tree down, downed wires and road closure on NY 172 both directions between Darlington Road and McLain Street. All lanes blocked. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bedford Hills | $1,500 | A tree and wires were reported down at the intersection of Babbit Road and Church Street in Bedford Hills. |
| August 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bedford Hills | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Katonah | 1.6 miles | 34 | |
| Bedford Center | 2.2 miles | 35 | |
| Kirbyville | 2.5 miles | 35 | |
| Katonah Ridge | 2.7 miles | 34 | |
| Whitehall Corners | 2.8 miles | 34 | |
| Stanwood | 2.8 miles | 35 | |
| Bedford Four Corners | 2.8 miles | 35 | |
| Mount Kisco | 2.8 miles | 35 |
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 Bedford Hills | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3473053 | 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 943491. 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.











