Edmeston, New York
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1910 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Edmeston town. It lies in ZIP code area 13335. It stands on Mill Creek. The Survey maps it on the Edmeston quadrangle. 592 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,355 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1910 to 1986The same ground, surveyed 76 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


On record in Edmeston
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 1 record
- Rutherford Houselisted 2019
Population over time
2 figuresEdmeston fell from 657 to 592 between 2010 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 657 | |
| 2020 | 592 | -65 (-10%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 16 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.
- 1910 USGS Hartwick quadrangle1:62500
- 1912 USGS Hartwick quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1943 USGS Edmeston quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1945 USGS Edmeston quadrangle1:31680
- 1948 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Norwich quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
43 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 43 fires within 5 miles of Edmeston between 2002 and 2020, burning about 37 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 3 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 | 27 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 21 July 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 17 June 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 10 June 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 9 May 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 9 May 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 May 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 4 May 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.1 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Edmeston: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belden Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Rock Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
34 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Edmeston in 34 storm reports between 1993 and 2024: 23 thunderstorm wind, 6 flash flood, 4 hail, 1 lightning. The reports record 1 injury. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Edmeston | 1 hurt, $3,000 | Several trees were blown down including a tree that fell on a motorcyclist. |
| May 2014 | Flash Flood | Edmeston | $25,000 | A road washout occurred along State Highway 20 near Edmeston. |
| June 1996 | Flash Flood | Edmeston | $25,000 | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Edmeston | $15,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed trees and wires. |
| July 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Edmeston | $15,000 | A thunderstorm strengthened to severe limits over northern sections of the county. The cell was responsible for downing trees and power lines in Edmeston shortly after 200 pm EDT. Several more trees were blown down in Richfield Springs thereafter. |
| May 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | South Edmeston | $10,000 | Strong thunderstorm winds brought down trees and wires. |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Edmeston | $10,000 | Strong thunderstorm winds brought down trees and wires. |
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Edmeston | $10,000 | Thunderstorm winds blew down numerous trees. |
| August 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Edmeston | $10,000 | A thunderstorm moved across the region and became severe. This thunderstorm resulted in multiple trees and wires being knocked over throughout the county. |
| October 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | West Edmeston | $5,000 | Strong thunderstorm winds brought down trees across a road. |
| October 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | West Edmeston | $5,000 | Strong thunderstorm winds brought down trees across a road. |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Edmeston | $5,000 | A thunderstorm moved across the region and became severe. This thunderstorm produced severe winds and knocked over trees. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Edmeston | $5,000 | Trees were blown down. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Edmeston | $5,000 | Trees were blown down. |
| June 2013 | Flash Flood | South Edmeston | $5,000 | Water was flowing over County Route 20 at Simmons Road. |
| June 2013 | Flash Flood | South Edmeston | $5,000 | Flooding occurred across numerous roads near the village of South Edmeston. |
| May 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | South Edmeston | $5,000 | Trees and wires down on a car. |
| May 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Edmeston | $5,000 | no account filed |
| August 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | West Edmeston | $5,000 | no account filed |
| August 2023 | Flash Flood | Edmeston | $3,000 | Numerous roads were flooded in the area. |
| September 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Edmeston | $3,000 | A thunderstorm developed over the region and quickly became severe. This thunderstorm produced severe winds which resulted in trees and wires being knocked over near the city of Edmeston. |
| September 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Edmeston | $3,000 | Six trees were blown down on houses. |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Edmeston | $2,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed several trees. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | South Edmeston | $1,000 | Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down a tree on Dutch Valley Road. |
| August 2023 | Flash Flood | Edmeston | $1,000 | Route 80 was flooded in several locations. |
| August 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Edmeston | $1,000 | A few trees were blown down. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Edmeston | $1,000 | Trees and wires were blown down. |
| June 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Edmeston | $500 | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Edmeston | - | Trees down. |
| August 2001 | Lightning | Edmeston | - | Newspaper reports indicate that lightning struck a house but caused no significant damage. |
| August 2023 | Hail | Edmeston | - | no account filed |
| August 2023 | Hail | Edmeston | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | South Edmeston | - | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Hail | Edmeston | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amblers Crossing | 2.0 miles | 17 | |
| Robinson Corners | 2.2 miles | 16 | |
| West Burlington | 3.0 miles | 16 | |
| Cardtown | 3.7 miles | 16 | |
| Barrett Corners | 4.0 miles | 16 | |
| South Edmeston | 4.0 miles | 17 | |
| North Edmeston | 4.1 miles | 16 | |
| Chapinville | 4.1 miles | 16 |
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 Edmeston | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5338808 | 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 949399. 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.








