Bernhards Bay, New York
28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Constantia town. It lies in ZIP code area 13028. It stands on Lydiatt Creek. The Survey maps it on the Cleveland quadrangle. It stands 390 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1895 to 1985The same ground, surveyed 90 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Topographic sheets covering this place
14 surveys from 28 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.
- 1895 USGS Chittenango quadrangle1:62500
- 1898 USGS Chittenango quadrangle1:62500
- 1902 USGS Chittenango quadrangle1:62500, 7 printings
- 1941 USGS Cleveland quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1944 USGS Cleveland quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
- 1951 USGS Cleveland quadrangle1:25000
- 1957 USGS Cleveland quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1964 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Cleveland quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Utica quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
90 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 90 fires within 5 miles of Bernhards Bay between 2001 and 2020, burning about 92 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 13 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 | 55 |
| Debris and open burning | 14 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 13 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 September 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 4 September 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 20 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 10 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 8 August 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 7 August 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 11 August 2007 | 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
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Bernhards Bay: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Feldspar. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Limestone Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Overlook Quarry | Feldspar | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bernhards Bay in 3 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1994 | Hail | Bernhards Bay | $5,000 | Afternoon thunderstorms produced hail up to one inch in diameter. Trees and wires were downed by a weak tornado in Central Square. The tornado also destroyed a garage. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bernhards Bay | $1,000 | Trees downed on Kibbie Lake Road. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bernhards Bay | $500 | Tree downed across roadway. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nicholsville | 2.5 miles | 20 | |
| Constantia Center | 2.6 miles | 20 | |
| Cleveland | 2.7 miles | 28 | |
| Dutcherville | 3.3 miles | 20 | |
| Constantia | 3.5 miles | 29 | |
| Doris Park | 4.8 miles | 29 | |
| Panther Lake | 5.9 miles | 20 | |
| Gayville | 6.0 miles | 19 |
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 Bernhards Bay | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q48740246 | 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 943742. 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.













