Waterville, New York
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Sangerfield town. It lies in ZIP code area 13480. It lies near Sheepskin Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Oriskany Falls quadrangle. 1,473 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,201 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1907 to 1986The same ground, surveyed 79 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


On record in Waterville
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
Waterville Triangle Historic Districtlisted 1978- Tower Homestead and Masonic Templelisted 1977
Population over time
2 figuresWaterville fell from 1,583 to 1,473 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 | 1,583 | |
| 2020 | 1,473 | -110 (-7%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 19 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.
- 1907 USGS Sangerfield quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
- 1943 USGS Oriskany Falls quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1943 USGS Sangerfield quadrangle1:62500
- 1944 USGS Oriskany Falls quadrangle1:24000
- 1944 USGS Oriskany Falls quadrangle1:31680
- 1948 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Norwich quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
53 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 53 fires within 5 miles of Waterville between 2001 and 2019, burning about 23 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 16 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 | 20 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 16 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Natural | 3 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 24 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 4 July 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 21 July 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 19 July 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 17 July 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 16 July 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 June 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Waterville: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, General, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oriskany Falls Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Oriskany Falls Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
11 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Waterville in 11 storm reports between 1996 and 2021: 5 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 1 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Waterville | $300,000 | no account filed |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Waterville | $15,000 | Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down trees and wires. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Waterville | $10,000 | Large, heavy, bolted down sheds were blown approximately 500 feet into a roadway. Several trees were blown down in the same area. |
| July 2013 | Flash Flood | Waterville | $5,000 | A road was flooded with people trapped in a vehicle. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Waterville | $2,000 | Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down trees onto wires. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Waterville | $2,000 | Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down trees onto wires. |
| May 2013 | Hail | Waterville | - | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Hail | Waterville | - | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Hail | Waterville | - | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Hail | Waterville | - | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Hail | Waterville | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sangerfield | 1.2 miles | 19 | |
| Conger Corners | 1.8 miles | 19 | |
| Hanover | 2.5 miles | 19 | |
| Brothertown | 2.5 miles | 19 | |
| Five Corners | 2.6 miles | 17 | |
| Forge Hollow | 2.7 miles | 19 | |
| Pleasant Valley | 2.9 miles | 19 | |
| Marshall | 3.5 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 Waterville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3452971 | 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 968917. 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.









