Norfolk, New York
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Norfolk town. It lies in ZIP code area 13667. The Survey maps it on the Norfolk quadrangle. 1,238 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 259 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1906 to 1994The same ground, surveyed 88 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1906 against another survey:
On record in Norfolk
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
Hepburn Librarylisted 2004- Hale Cemeterylisted 2024
Population over time
2 figuresNorfolk fell from 1,327 to 1,238 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 | 1,327 | |
| 2020 | 1,238 | -89 (-7%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 17 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.
- 1906 USGS Massena quadrangle1:62500
- 1907 USGS Massena quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
- 1942 USGS Norfolk quadrangle1:24000
- 1943 USGS Norfolk quadrangle1:31680
- 1948 USGS Ogdensburg quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1951 USGS Ogdensburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Ogdensburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Ogdensburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Norfolk quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Massena quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Massena quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
200 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 200 fires within 5 miles of Norfolk between 1994 and 2020, burning about 262 acres in total. 20 started naturally. 44 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 | 111 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 44 |
| Natural | 20 |
| Debris and open burning | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
| 7 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 5 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 5 September 2018 | Smoking | 3.1 acres | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 29 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 28 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 25 September 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 25 September 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Norfolk: 4 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General, Dolomite, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barrett Quarry | Dolomite | Past Producer | Surface | |
| Norwood Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Norwood Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| La Rue Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| La Rue Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
10 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Norfolk in 10 storm reports between 1996 and 2022: 10 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Norfolk | $100,000 | Numerous trees and power lines down across Norwood, Norfolk and North Stockholm. Several large 100-150 year old maple and oak trees fallen onto vehicles, homes and other structures. |
| July 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Norfolk | $50,000 | no account filed |
| August 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Norfolk | $10,000 | Several reports of trees and power lines down in the Norfolk region. |
| April 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Norfolk | $10,000 | no account filed |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Norfolk | $5,000 | A few trees and utility lines downed by thunderstorm winds. |
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Norfolk | $5,000 | A few trees and power lines down. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Norfolk | $2,000 | Trees ands wires downed by thunderstorm winds. |
| August 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Norfolk | $2,000 | Tree down on utility lines caused by thunderstorm winds. |
| June 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Norfolk | $1,000 | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Norfolk | $1,000 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yaleville | 2.3 miles | 17 | |
| Raymondville | 2.7 miles | 17 | |
| Norwood | 3.4 miles | 17 | |
| Dishaw | 3.7 miles | 15 | |
| North Stockholm | 3.7 miles | 17 | |
| Plumbrook | 5.1 miles | 17 | |
| Brookdale | 5.3 miles | 17 | |
| Grantville | 5.5 miles | 17 |
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 Norfolk | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3461821 | 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 976729. 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.










