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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.

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

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

Population over time

2 figures

Bedford 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.

YearPeople Change
20103,001
20203,239+238 (+8%)

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

247 since 2000

Regional 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/undetermined114
Natural36
Smoking25
Debris and open burning23
Power generation/transmission/distribution17
Arson/incendiarism15
Equipment and vehicle use10
Recreation and ceremony6
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 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
4 September 2008Smokingunder 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

5 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
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

3 since 1999

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2022Thunderstorm WindBedford Hills$3,000Tree down, downed wires and road closure on NY 172 both directions between Darlington Road and McLain Street. All lanes blocked.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindBedford Hills$1,500A tree and wires were reported down at the intersection of Babbit Road and Church Street in Bedford Hills.
August 1999Thunderstorm WindBedford Hills-no account filed

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
Katonah1.6 miles34
Bedford Center2.2 miles35
Kirbyville2.5 miles35
Katonah Ridge2.7 miles34
Whitehall Corners2.8 miles34
Stanwood2.8 miles35
Bedford Four Corners2.8 miles35
Mount Kisco2.8 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.

Wikipedia article on Bedford HillsAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3473053The 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.