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.
Then and now
1898 to 1985The 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.


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
Daniel Webster Jenkins Houselisted 2018
George Westinghouse Jr. Birthplace and Boyhood Homelisted 1986
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 22 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 Schoharie quadrangle1:62500
- 1900 USGS Schoharie quadrangle1:62500, 8 printings
- 1900 USGS Schoharie quadrangle1:31680
- 1943 USGS Schoharie quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1946 USGS Schoharie quadrangle1:31680
- 1948 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Amsterdam quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
95 since 1999Regional 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/undetermined | 38 |
| Debris and open burning | 20 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 14 |
| Smoking | 9 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 1999 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 29 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 8 August 2002 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 4 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 23 August 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 16 August 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 5 July 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 21 July 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Schoharie Pyrite Deposit | Sulfur, Barium-Barite | Occurrence | ||
| Howes Cave Number 6 Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Schoharie No. 3 Quarry and Mill | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Schoharie Strontianite Deposit | Strontium, Barium-Barite | Occurrence | ||
| Schoharie Strontianite Occurrence | Strontium | Occurrence | ||
| Howe's Cave Quarry No. 19 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Howes Cave Number 6 Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Schoharie No. 3 Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 1998Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Central Bridge | $2,000 | no account filed |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Central Bridge | - | A few trees were reported down on Junction Road near the Hamlet of Central Bridge. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Central Bridge | - | A large tree was reported down in Central Bridge due to strong thunderstorm winds. This fallen tree closed Grovenors Corners Road. |
| June 2002 | Hail | Central Bridge | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Old Central Bridge | 0.5 miles | 22 | |
| Schoharie Junction | 1.1 miles | 22 | |
| Grovenor Corners | 2.7 miles | 22 | |
| Howes Cave | 2.8 miles | 22 | |
| Sloansville | 3.2 miles | 20 | |
| Schoharie | 3.5 miles | 22 | |
| East Cobleskill | 3.7 miles | 22 | |
| Bramanville | 3.7 miles | 22 |
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.









