Bovina Center, New York
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Bovina town. It lies in ZIP code area 13740. It stands on Brush Brook. The Survey maps it on the Bloomville quadrangle. It stands 1,660 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1909 to 1986The same ground, surveyed 77 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


On record in Bovina Center
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 2 records
- Bovina Center Historic Districtlisted 2000
- McNaught Family Farmlisted 2019
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 16 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.
- 1909 USGS Delhi quadrangle1:62500
- 1911 USGS Delhi quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1943 USGS Bloomville quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1948 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Pepacton Reservoir quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
21 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of Bovina Center between 1997 and 2016, burning about 38 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 2 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 | 11 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 15 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 23 July 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 22 July 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 12 July 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 5 May 2013 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 20 May 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 10 May 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.2 acres | 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 Bovina Center: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bloomville Gravel Bank | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Kortright Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
8 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bovina Center in 8 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 4 thunderstorm wind, 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bovina Center | $10,000 | Strong thunderstorm winds brought down trees and wires on Route 6. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bovina Center | $8,000 | A tree fell on a car, with people trapped inside. |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bovina Center | $5,000 | Strong thunderstorm winds brought down trees, blocking roads. |
| May 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bovina Center | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 2025 | Hail | Bovina Center | - | no account filed |
| August 2023 | Hail | Bovina Center | - | no account filed |
| August 2008 | Hail | Bovina Center | - | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Hail | Bovina Center | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Delaware | 2.6 miles | 16 | |
| Bovina | 3.1 miles | 16 | |
| Andes | 5.1 miles | 16 | |
| Bloomville | 5.1 miles | 16 | |
| East Delhi | 5.6 miles | 16 | |
| New Kingston | 6.4 miles | 19 | |
| South Kortright | 6.6 miles | 16 | |
| Delhi | 7.1 miles | 16 |
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 Q122554344 | 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 944503. 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.







