Edwards, New York
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Edwards town. It lies in ZIP code area 13635. It stands on Stammer Creek. The Survey maps it on the Edwards quadrangle. 361 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 669 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1915 to 1985The same ground, surveyed 70 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1915 against another survey:
On record in Edwards
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
- Edwards Town Halllisted 2004
Population over time
2 figuresEdwards fell from 439 to 361 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 | 439 | |
| 2020 | 361 | -78 (-18%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 14 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.
- 1915 USGS Gouverneur quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1937 USGS Gouverneur quadrangle1:62500
- 1948 USGS Ogdensburg quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1951 USGS Ogdensburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Ogdensburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Edwards quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Ogdensburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Gouverneur quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
62 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 62 fires within 5 miles of Edwards between 1992 and 2020, burning about 172 acres in total. 6 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 | 40 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 9 September 2002 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 7.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | EDWARDS FIRE |
| 7 September 2002 | Natural | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | EDWARDS 1 |
| 25 September 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 6 August 2019 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | WOLF LAKE LEAN-TO |
| 23 August 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 20 August 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 18 August 2006 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 26 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 26 workings within 5 miles of Edwards: 17 past producers, 5 occurrences, 2 producers, 1 prospect. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Talc-Soapstone, Zinc, Iron, Mercury, Silver, Lead. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Balmat - Edwards District | Zinc, Mercury, Silver, Lead | Producer | 1838, 1915, 2008 | |
| Barraford Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Edwards Mine | Zinc, Cadmium, Sulfur-Pyrite, Lead, Iron, Barium-Barite, Copper | Past Producer | 1903, 1915, 1980 | |
| Hyatt Mine | Zinc, Lead | Past Producer | 1917, 1918 | |
| Pleasant Valley School Mine | Sulfur | Past Producer | ||
| Webb Zinc Deposit | Lead, Sulfur-Pyrite, Zinc | Occurrence | Stratabound | |
| Anthony Mine | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| South Edward Occurrence | Iron | Occurrence | Ilmenite | |
| South Edwards Ilmenite-Magnetite | Iron | Prospect | ||
| Mc Gill Occurrence | Zinc | Occurrence | Stratabound |
Storms near this place
9 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Edwards in 9 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 4 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 1 lightning. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2004 | Lightning | Edwards | $10,000 | Lightning strike resulted in a fire with minor damage to a house. |
| March 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Edwards | $5,000 | Convective winds downed several trees and power lines. |
| September 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Edwards | $5,000 | no account filed |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Edwards | $4,000 | Slow moving severe thunderstorms with very heavy rain moved across the Capital District, the Saratoga Region, the Mid-Hudson valley and over the Saint Lawrence Valley. Flash flooding occurred in Saratoga County in the vicinity of Lake Nancy as Joby Creek, Cadman Creek and Alder Creek went out of their banks. In addition the lake level at Lake Nancy rose over a foot. Large hail occurred in Saratoga County near Middle Grove. Damaging thunderstorm winds downed trees and power lines. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Edwards | $2,000 | Downed tree or two due to thunderstorm winds. |
| May 2005 | Hail | Edwards | $1,000 | no account filed |
| July 2012 | Hail | Edwards | - | One inch diameter hail reported via SHAVE experiment. |
| July 2012 | Hail | Edwards | - | One inch diameter hail reported via SHAVE experiment. |
| May 2000 | Hail | Edwards | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Talcville | 3.1 miles | 14 | |
| South Edwards | 4.6 miles | 15 | |
| Pond Settlement | 4.7 miles | 15 | |
| Stalbird | 5.7 miles | 15 | |
| Fordhams Corners | 6.1 miles | 15 | |
| Fullerville | 6.2 miles | 14 | |
| Emeryville | 6.5 miles | 14 | |
| South Russell | 7.3 miles | 15 |
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 Edwards | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3460834 | 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 976283. 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.







