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Gilbertsville, New York

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Butternuts town. It lies in ZIP code area 13776. It stands on Dunderberg Creek. The Survey maps it on the Gilbertsville quadrangle. 308 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,093 feet above sea level.

Gilbertsville within Otsego County

Then and now

1915 to 1985

The 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.

Topographic sheet of Gilbertsville, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Gilbertsville, surveyed 1915

On record in Gilbertsville

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 5 records

Population over time

2 figures

Gilbertsville fell from 399 to 308 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.

YearPeople Change
2010399
2020308-91 (-23%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 17 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

30 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 30 fires within 5 miles of Gilbertsville between 1995 and 2018, burning about 26 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 1 was 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/undetermined18
Debris and open burning4
Natural3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Smoking1
Arson/incendiarism1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
25 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
15 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
1 July 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
6 May 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
4 May 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
28 April 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
23 April 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.2 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
23 April 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.1 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Otsego County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Gilbertsville: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Number 17 PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Plant Number 17Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Otsego County

Storms near this place

29 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gilbertsville in 29 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 18 thunderstorm wind, 5 flash flood, 5 hail, 1 tornado. 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
April 2011Flash FloodGilbertsville$1,000,000Scattered roads were washed out and floods were reported throughout the county.
June 2025Flash FloodGilbertsville$100,000Numerous roads, bridges, and homes were flooded in and around the village.
April 2011Tornado (EF1)Gilbertsville$100,000A tornado touched down in woods near Route 51 between Mount Upton and Gilbertsville, producing EF0 damage until reaching Copes Corners Road where it strengthened to EF1, snapping and uprooting trees through a heavily wooded area. It moved up the hill and across the athletic fields of the Gilbertsville-Mount Upton Central School. Here, it threw metal bleachers several hundred yards to the north. It also tore a press box off steel beams, hurled a railroad tie used in a parking lot over a hundred feet into a fence, broke off metal poles used for hanging netting, and bent a soccer goal back in the southward direction. The field was littered with small tree missiles pointing in both directions with a southward direction on the left side of the path. A portable toilet was lifted and dropped about a half mile away and some other light material was found almost a mile away. The tornado continued to the northeast passing south of Gilbertsville, with damage primarily to trees. The path continued to narrow and weaken, ending a couple miles east of Gilbertsville.
July 1997Thunderstorm WindGilbertsville$50,000The same severe thunderstorm that produced widespread wind damage in northern Broome and southern Chenango counties ripped through southern Otsego county. Again, wind damage was the main story. To the southwest of Gilbertsville, trees and wires were blown down across Route 18. Further to the east, many additional trees and utility poles were toppled in both Otego and Oneonta.
July 1995Thunderstorm WindGilbertsville$20,000no account filed
July 2021Flash FloodGilbertsville$15,000Numerous roads were reported as washed out in the area, including State Route 8.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindGilbertsville$7,500Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down or snapped approximately 15 trees.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindGilbertsville$5,000Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down multiple trees in Gilbertsville.
September 2018Flash FloodGilbertsville$5,000Water was flowing across County Road 4 near Mill Street.
September 2013Thunderstorm WindGilbertsville$5,000Trees were blown down across the Town of Butternuts.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindGilbertsville$5,000Trees were blown down in Gilbertsville.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindGilbertsville$5,000Thunderstorm winds downed numerous trees.
March 2005Flash FloodGilbertsville$5,000no account filed
July 1994Thunderstorm WindGilbertsville$5,000no account filed
May 2017Thunderstorm WindGilbertsville$3,000A thunderstorm moved across the region and became severe. This thunderstorm produced damaging winds.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindGilbertsville$2,500Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down trees along Reservoir Road.
September 2021Thunderstorm WindGilbertsville$2,000Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down a tree and wires down.
November 2005Thunderstorm WindGilbertsville$2,000Thunderstorm winds downed isolated trees and wires.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindGilbertsville$1,000Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down a tree on Town Line Road.
September 2023Thunderstorm WindGilbertsville$1,000Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down a tree onto the road.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindGilbertsville$1,000Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down a tree onto Oregon Rd, blocking most of the roadway.
August 2016Thunderstorm WindGilbertsville-A thunderstorm moved across the region and became severe. This thunderstorm resulted in a large branch being knocked down.
October 2013Thunderstorm WindGilbertsville-A tree was blown down.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindGilbertsville-Several trees up to 2 feet in diameter were blown down.
May 2014HailGilbertsville-no account filed
June 2011HailGilbertsville-no account filed
June 2008HailGilbertsville-no account filed
June 2007HailGilbertsville-no account filed
June 2007HailGilbertsville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Otsego 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
Frone Corner0.9 miles17
Heslops Corner1.2 miles17
Copes Corner2.5 miles17
Toll Corner2.6 miles17
Rootville3.1 miles17
Freer Corner3.4 miles17
Mallory Corner3.7 miles17
Maple Grove4.4 miles15

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 GilbertsvilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3452429The 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 951099. 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.