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Edinburg, New York

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1997. It stands in Edinburg town. It lies in ZIP code area 12835. It stands on Beecher Creek. The Survey maps it on the Edinburg quadrangle. 1,333 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,155 feet above sea level.

Edinburg within Saratoga County

Then and now

1899 to 1997

The same ground, surveyed 98 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Edinburg, surveyed 1997
Topographic sheet of Edinburg, surveyed 1899

Compare 1899 against another survey:

On record in Edinburg

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

Population over time

3 figures

Edinburg fell from 1,384 to 1,333 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.

YearPeople Change
20001,384
20101,214-170 (-12%)
20201,333+119 (+10%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 24 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 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 95 fires within 5 miles of Edinburg between 1992 and 2020, burning about 188 acres in total. 13 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/undetermined28
Debris and open burning24
Natural13
Recreation and ceremony8
Arson/incendiarism7
Smoking7
Fireworks3
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Equipment and vehicle use1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
7 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
7 September 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 1999Natural1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
28 September 2017Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
2 September 2000Natural1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
16 September 2015Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
14 September 2001Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
4 August 2004Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Saratoga County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Edinburg: 8 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Feldspar, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Beryllium, Mica, Feldspar, Quartz. 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
Batchellerville Beryl MineBeryllium, Mica, Feldspar, QuartzPast Producer
Crushed Stone ProductsStone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Batchellerville Big PitFeldsparPast Producer
Batchellerville Biotite PitFeldsparPast Producer
Batchellerville Fluorite PitFeldsparPast Producer
Batchellerville Jasper PitFeldsparPast Producer
Batchellerville Lower PitFeldsparPast Producer
Batchellerville Narrow PitFeldsparPast Producer
Batchellerville Tourmaline PitFeldsparPast Producer

Every working recorded in Saratoga County

Storms near this place

17 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Edinburg in 17 storm reports between 1993 and 2024: 16 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 1993Thunderstorm WindEdinburg$50,000no account filed
August 2001Thunderstorm WindEdinburg$17,000no account filed
September 1998Thunderstorm WindEdinburg$10,000no account filed
July 2002Thunderstorm WindEdinburg$7,000no account filed
July 1994Thunderstorm WindEdinburg$5,000A cold front moved into eastern New York on the afternoon of July 25th resulting in severe thunderstorms across parts of the area. The majority of damage from thunderstorm winds consisted of downed trees and powerlines. A Lightning strike also caused a fire which damaged a home in Herkimer. The most significant damage occurred in Cortland County where flash flooding occurred along Grout Brook and Cold Brook in the Towns of Scott and Preble. Among the areas hardest hit were Webber Park, Cold Brook Road, West Scott Road, Long Road, and Old State Road.
July 1998Thunderstorm WindEdinburg$4,000no account filed
September 1998Thunderstorm WindEdinburg$3,000no account filed
April 1993Thunderstorm WindEdinburg$500A cold front swept across eastern New York on the afternoon of the 16th resulting in severe thunderstorms across parts of eastern New York. Trees and wires were downed in Frankfort, Edinburg, Galway and Providence, while limbs and wires were downed in Accord and Stoneridge. In Bearsville, thunderstorm winds gusted to between 60 and 65 mph.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindEdinburg-A 73 mph wind gust was recorded at the New York State Mesonet at Edinburg. The station webcam showed a nearby shed blown over following this wind gust.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindEdinburg-Trees and wires were reported down in the town of Edinburg.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindEdinburg-Measured at the NYS Mesonet at Edinburg.
August 2016Thunderstorm WindEdinburg-Trees and wires were reported down in Edinburg due to thunderstorm winds.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindEdinburg-Multiple trees were reported down in Edinburg due to thunderstorm winds.
September 2012Thunderstorm WindEdinburg-Trees were reported down due to thunderstorm winds in Edinburg.
July 2009Flash FloodEdinburg-Flash flooding from heavy rainfall resulted in the closure of South Shore Road in Edinburg.
February 2006Thunderstorm WindEdinburg-A roof was blown off a mobile home in Edinburg. People were trapped inside. No reports of injuries.
August 2005Thunderstorm WindEdinburg-Trees and power lines down.

Every storm recorded in Saratoga 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
Batchellerville1.4 miles24
Clarkville1.8 miles24
West Day3.6 miles23
Fox Hill3.7 miles24
Tenantville4.4 miles23
Fayville5.2 miles24
Glenwild6.4 miles24
Lake View6.7 miles23

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 EdinburgAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3708962The 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 949389. 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.