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Central Bridge, New York

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Schoharie town. It lies in ZIP code area 12035. It stands on Cobleskill Creek. The Survey maps it on the Schoharie quadrangle.

Central Bridge within Schoharie County

Then and now

1898 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 87 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Central Bridge, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Central Bridge, surveyed 1898

On record in Central Bridge

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

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 22 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

95 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 95 fires within 5 miles of Central Bridge between 1999 and 2020, burning about 83 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 6 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/undetermined38
Debris and open burning20
Equipment and vehicle use14
Smoking9
Arson/incendiarism6
Natural4
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
4 September 1999Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreNew York Forest Rangersnot named
29 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 August 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
23 August 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
16 August 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 July 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
21 July 2015Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Schoharie County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Central Bridge: 3 producers, 3 occurrences, 2 past producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General, Strontium, Barium-Barite. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Schoharie Pyrite DepositSulfur, Barium-BariteOccurrence
Howes Cave Number 6 QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Schoharie No. 3 Quarry and MillLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Schoharie Strontianite DepositStrontium, Barium-BariteOccurrence
Schoharie Strontianite OccurrenceStrontiumOccurrence
Howe's Cave Quarry No. 19Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Howes Cave Number 6 QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Schoharie No. 3 QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Schoharie County

Storms near this place

4 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Central Bridge in 4 storm reports between 1998 and 2021: 3 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 1998Thunderstorm WindCentral Bridge$2,000no account filed
August 2021Thunderstorm WindCentral Bridge-A few trees were reported down on Junction Road near the Hamlet of Central Bridge.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindCentral Bridge-A large tree was reported down in Central Bridge due to strong thunderstorm winds. This fallen tree closed Grovenors Corners Road.
June 2002HailCentral Bridge-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Schoharie County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Old Central Bridge0.5 miles22
Schoharie Junction1.1 miles22
Grovenor Corners2.7 miles22
Howes Cave2.8 miles22
Sloansville3.2 miles20
Schoharie3.5 miles22
East Cobleskill3.7 miles22
Bramanville3.7 miles22

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 946220. 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.