Bridgewater, New York
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Bridgewater town. It lies in ZIP code area 13313. The Survey maps it on the Cassville quadrangle. 516 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,211 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1907 to 1986The same ground, surveyed 79 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


On record in Bridgewater
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
Bridgewater Railroad Stationlisted 2006- Brick Store Buildinglisted 1996
Population over time
2 figuresBridgewater grew from 470 to 516 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 | 470 | |
| 2020 | 516 | +46 (+10%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 17 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.
- 1907 USGS Sangerfield quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
- 1943 USGS Cassville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Sangerfield quadrangle1:62500
- 1945 USGS Cassville quadrangle1:31680
- 1948 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Norwich quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
37 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 37 fires within 5 miles of Bridgewater between 1995 and 2020, burning about 29 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 9 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 | 19 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 September 2013 | Smoking | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 13 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 9 July 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 22 July 2016 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 24 June 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 20 June 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.4 acres | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 5 May 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 26 May 2009 | 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 Bridgewater: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Welch Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| West Winfield Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
7 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bridgewater in 7 storm reports between 1998 and 2014: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2004 | Flash Flood | Bridgewater | $20,000 | Flash flooding occurred in two trailer parks in Bridgewater. Brookside Mobile Trailer Park near Route 20 was flooded when a creek came out of its banks. 6 trailers were in danger of being washed away. Fitches Trailer Park near Gulf Road flooded when a stream came out of its banks. The flooding caused an oil spill from a 275 gallon tank. Culverts were unclogged and the water went down fast enough that little damage occurred at either park. Radar estimates were 3 to 4 inches. |
| August 2004 | Flash Flood | Bridgewater | $10,000 | Heavy rain caused flash flooding. Water covered roads. Lots of ponding of water on roads. State Route 20 closed in a few locations. Rainfall rates were estimated at 2 to 3 inches an hour. The area got 2 to 4 inches of rain. |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bridgewater | $5,000 | A severe thunderstorm moved across northern Oneida county around midday. Trees and wires were blown down in Bridgewater at 12:50 pm. A hay wagon was overturned in Vienna at 12:55 pm EDT. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bridgewater | $2,000 | Several trees were blown down. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bridgewater | - | A large tree was blown down. |
| June 2011 | Hail | Bridgewater | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Hail | Bridgewater | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Bridgewater | 3.1 miles | 17 | |
| Hobin Corners | 3.2 miles | 17 | |
| Pine Village Estates | 3.7 miles | 17 | |
| Babcock Hill | 4.0 miles | 17 | |
| Ritchfield Junction | 4.5 miles | 17 | |
| Cassville | 4.6 miles | 17 | |
| Greens Crossing | 5.6 miles | 17 | |
| Five Corners | 6.4 miles | 17 |
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 Bridgewater | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3461734 | 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 944731. 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.








