Center Cambridge, New York
29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Cambridge town. It lies in ZIP code area 12816. The Survey maps it on the Eagle Bridge quadrangle.
Then and now
1897 to 1989The same ground, surveyed 92 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
12 surveys from 29 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.
- 1897 USGS Hoosick quadrangle1:62500, 10 printings
- 1900 USGS Taconic quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1944 USGS Eagle Bridge quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1946 USGS Eagle Bridge quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Eagle Bridge quadrangle1:25000
- 1956 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Albany quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Albany quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
91 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 91 fires within 5 miles of Center Cambridge between 1993 and 2020, burning about 102 acres in total. 6 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 | 41 |
| Debris and open burning | 24 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 13 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 26 September 2020 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 26 September 2020 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 14 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 8 August 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 7 August 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 2 August 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 29 July 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Center Cambridge in 2 storm reports between 2011 and 2025: 2 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Center Cambridge | - | A tree was downed on wires on County Route 59 in the Town of Cambridge. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Center Cambridge | - | Trees were reported down on Center Cambridge Road in Cambridge due to strong thunderstorm winds. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Cambridge | 1.4 miles | 29 | |
| Fly Summit | 1.9 miles | 27 | |
| North Cambridge | 2.1 miles | 27 | |
| South Cambridge | 2.4 miles | 29 | |
| Archdale | 3.0 miles | 27 | |
| Lee | 3.0 miles | 29 | |
| Oak Hill | 3.2 miles | 29 | |
| South Easton | 3.7 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.
| Wikidata item Q122543596 | 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 946191. 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.
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.











