Burdett, New York
30 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Hector town. It lies in ZIP code area 14818. It stands on Hector Falls Creek. The Survey maps it on the Burdett quadrangle. 331 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 978 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1898 to 1992The same ground, surveyed 94 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Population over time
3 figuresBurdett fell from 357 to 331 between 2000 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 357 | |
| 2010 | 340 | -17 (-5%) |
| 2020 | 331 | -9 (-3%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 30 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.
- 1898 USGS Watkins Glen quadrangle1:62500
- 1901 USGS Watkins quadrangle1:62500, 10 printings
- 1905 USGS Watkins Glen quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1950 USGS Burdett quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1950 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1965 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
92 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 92 fires within 5 miles of Burdett between 1992 and 2020, burning about 101 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 7 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 | 48 |
| Debris and open burning | 20 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
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 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 5 September 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Green Mountain National Forest | not named |
| 3 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 3 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 28 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 26 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 3.8 acres | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 9 August 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 9 August 2012 | Natural | 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
10 of 21 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 21 workings within 5 miles of Burdett: 14 past producers, 4 producers, 3 plants. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Salt, Bromine, Natural Gas. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Facility) Watkins Glen Well and Refinery | Bromine | Plant | Brine | |
| G.G.Hill Well | Salt, Natural Gas | Past Producer | ||
| (Facility) Watkins Glen Refinery | Salt | Plant | ||
| Barber Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Barber Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Camden Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Camden Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Dunhams Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Haring Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| International Salt Co.Well No.18 | Salt | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
7 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Burdett in 7 storm reports between 2006 and 2025: 3 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2006 | Flash Flood | Burdett | $15,000 | no account filed |
| March 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burdett | $10,000 | Strong thunderstorm winds partially ripped off a metal roof. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burdett | $2,000 | Tree was blown down across road. |
| August 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burdett | - | Two trees were knocked down in Burdett. |
| July 2025 | Hail | Burdett | - | no account filed |
| June 2013 | Hail | Burdett | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Burdett | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bennettsburg | 2.0 miles | 30 | |
| Gabriels Junction | 2.9 miles | 30 | |
| Watkins Glen | 3.0 miles | 30 | |
| Irelandville | 3.4 miles | 30 | |
| Reading Center | 4.5 miles | 30 | |
| Logan | 4.8 miles | 30 | |
| Montour Falls | 5.0 miles | 31 | |
| Reynoldsville | 5.3 miles | 30 |
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 Burdett | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3453131 | 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 973990. 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.









