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New Berlin, New York

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1910 and the latest in 1986. It stands in New Berlin town. It lies in ZIP code area 13411. It stands on Center Brook. The Survey maps it on the New Berlin South quadrangle. 901 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,112 feet above sea level.

New Berlin within Chenango County

Then and now

1910 to 1986

The 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.

Topographic sheet of New Berlin, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of New Berlin, surveyed 1910

On record in New Berlin

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

2 figures

New Berlin fell from 1,028 to 901 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
20101,028
2020901-127 (-12%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 16 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

67 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 67 fires within 5 miles of New Berlin between 1992 and 2020, burning about 89 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 4 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/undetermined25
Debris and open burning20
Natural10
Arson/incendiarism4
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Recreation and ceremony3
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
6 September 2019Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
29 September 2002Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
2 August 2020Recreation and ceremony4.0 acresFire Department of New YorkNA
10 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
6 July 2019Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
5 July 1995Debris and open burning1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
22 July 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
21 July 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Chenango 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 New Berlin: 1 prospect, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Salt, 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
C.C.Lobdell No.1 WellSaltProspect
New Berlin Town PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Chenango County

Storms near this place

23 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names New Berlin in 23 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 13 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 3 flash flood, 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
June 2025Flash FloodNew Berlin$250,000Numerous roads, bridges, and homes were flooded in the village.
July 2021Flash FloodSouth New Berlin$15,000Several roads flooded in the area, including Mount Upton and South New Berlin. State Route 8 inundated in several places.
August 2016Thunderstorm WindNew Berlin$10,000A thunderstorm moved across the region and became severe. This thunderstorm resulted in numerous trees being knocked over across the county.
July 2005Thunderstorm WindNew Berlin$10,000Thunderstorm winds downed trees and power lines.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindNew Berlin$5,000A thunderstorm moved across the region and became severe. This thunderstorm resulted in multiple trees being knocked over in the New Berlin area near state highway 8, along Turnpike Road.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindNew Berlin$5,000Trees were blown down in south New Berlin.
July 1995Thunderstorm WindNew Berlin$5,000no account filed
June 1994Thunderstorm WindNew Berlin$5,000no account filed
August 1993Thunderstorm WindNew Berlin$5,000no account filed
July 2024Thunderstorm WindNew Berlin$3,000Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down trees and wires on Willow Lane.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindNew Berlin$3,000A thunderstorm moved across the region and became severe. This thunderstorm produced severe winds and knocked trees over on Shacktown mountain road.
June 2004Thunderstorm WindSouth New Berlin$2,000Thunderstorm winds downed trees.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindNew Berlin$1,000Trees and wires were blown down.
June 1998Tornado (F0)New Berlin$1,000A severe thunderstorm produced a brief tornado around 7:10 p.m EDT which uprooted some trees near the Riverbend golf course along Route 8. The tornado was first spotted, and subsequently photographed, looking east from the Norwich Fairgrounds where several eyewitnesses spotted a funnel cloud during the Bluegrass Festival around 7 p. m. EDT. The apparent tornado was tracked moving east-northeast crossing Routes 23 and 8 to the south of New Berlin. After it's brief touchdown, the tornado gradually lifted as it moved toward Otsego County with no further reports of touchdowns or damage.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindNew Berlin-Trees and wires were blown down.
June 2008HailNew Berlin-Penny size hail was also reported.
May 2000Flash FloodNew Berlin-Numerous roads were closed due to flooding following heavy thunderstorm rains.
May 2012HailNew Berlin-no account filed
June 2011HailNew Berlin-no account filed
June 2008HailNew Berlin-no account filed
August 2007HailNew Berlin-no account filed
May 2000HailNew Berlin-no account filed
July 1999Thunderstorm WindNew Berlin-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Chenango 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
Five Corners1.2 miles17
Sages Crossing2.7 miles16
Davis Crossing4.5 miles16
Columbus4.7 miles17
Columbus Quarter6.0 miles17
Chenango Lake6.1 miles17
Button City6.7 miles17
Amblerville6.8 miles17

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 New BerlinAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3461896The 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 958391. 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.