Norwood, New York
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Potsdam town. It lies in ZIP code area 13668. It lies near Wilbur Hill. The Survey maps it on the Norfolk quadrangle. 1,552 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 331 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 Norwood
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
Benjamin Gordon Baldwin Houselisted 2004
Population over time
2 figuresNorwood fell from 1,657 to 1,552 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 | 1,657 | |
| 2020 | 1,552 | -105 (-6%) |
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
181 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 181 fires within 5 miles of Norwood between 2000 and 2020, burning about 200 acres in total. 15 started naturally. 36 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 | 109 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 36 |
| Natural | 15 |
| Debris and open burning | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Other causes | 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 |
| 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 |
| 23 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 22 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 22 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 20 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 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
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Norwood: 5 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General, Dolomite. 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 | |
| La Rue Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| La Rue Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Norwood Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
6 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Norwood in 6 storm reports between 1997 and 2024: 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning, 1 hail. 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 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Norwood | $20,000 | Numerous trees and utility lines downed by thunderstorm winds. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Norwood | $20,000 | Numerous trees and power lines downed by strong winds. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Norwood | $10,000 | Numerous trees were blown down. |
| June 1997 | Lightning | Norwood | $10,000 | no account filed |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Norwood | $5,000 | A few reports of trees down and on utility lines in the Norwood vicinity. |
| July 2008 | Hail | Norwood | - | Quarter size hail reported by Postal Service employee. |
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 | 1.1 miles | 17 | |
| Unionville | 2.7 miles | 19 | |
| Sisson | 3.2 miles | 19 | |
| Hewittville | 3.4 miles | 14 | |
| North Stockholm | 3.4 miles | 17 | |
| Norfolk | 3.4 miles | 17 | |
| Sandfordville | 5.2 miles | 19 | |
| West Stockholm | 5.6 miles | 19 |
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 Norwood | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3452493 | 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 976744. 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.










