Webster, New York
26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Webster town. It lies in ZIP code area 14580. The Survey maps it on the Webster quadrangle. 5,651 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 442 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1900 to 1984The same ground, surveyed 84 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


On record in Webster
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
Jayne and Mason Bank Buildinglisted 2006
William C. Jayne Houselisted 2006
George G. Mason Houselisted 2004
Webster Baptist Churchlisted 1991
Webster Grange No. 436listed 2016
Population over time
2 figuresWebster grew from 5,399 to 5,651 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 | 5,399 | |
| 2020 | 5,651 | +252 (+5%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 26 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.
- 1900 USGS Macedon quadrangle1:62500, 8 printings
- 1932 USGS Webster quadrangle1:24000
- 1934 USGS Webster quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1952 USGS Webster quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1965 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Webster quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
373 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 373 fires within 5 miles of Webster between 2000 and 2020, burning about 307 acres in total. 38 started naturally. 45 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 | 199 |
| Smoking | 49 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 45 |
| Natural | 38 |
| Debris and open burning | 20 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| 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 2020 | Debris and open burning | 1.2 acres | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 8 September 2018 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 8 September 2016 | Smoking | 6.3 acres | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 7 September 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 6 September 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 5 September 2016 | Natural | 6.3 acres | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 4 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 3 September 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Webster: 1 producer. All of them still produce. 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dewitt Brothers Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
30 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Webster in 30 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 20 thunderstorm wind, 8 flash flood, 1 lightning, 1 hail. The reports record 1 injury. 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 2005 | Lightning | Webster | 1 hurt | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Flash Flood | Webster | $135,000 | no account filed |
| January 1998 | Flash Flood | Webster | $100,000 | no account filed |
| March 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Webster | $50,000 | no account filed |
| August 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Webster | $50,000 | no account filed |
| October 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Webster | $35,000 | no account filed |
| August 2011 | Flash Flood | Webster | $25,000 | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Webster | $25,000 | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | West Webster | $20,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed a tree which fell on a house. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Webster | $20,000 | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Webster | $15,000 | no account filed |
| October 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Webster | $10,000 | Law enforcement reported trees and wires downed by thunderstorm winds on Meadow Drive. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Webster | $10,000 | Law enforcement reported trees and wires down. |
| September 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Webster | $10,000 | The media relayed reports of trees and wires down. |
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Webster | $10,000 | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Webster | $10,000 | no account filed |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Webster | $7,000 | no account filed |
| October 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Webster | $5,000 | Broadcast media showed a large tree downed by thunderstorm winds. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Webster | $2,000 | Multiple reports of wires downed. |
| October 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Webster | $2,000 | Trees and wires downed. |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Webster | $2,000 | Trees and wires down in Webster. |
| April 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Webster | $1,000 | Trees downed in the Town of Webster. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Webster | $1,000 | Trees downed in Webster. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Webster | $1,000 | Powerlines downed. |
| January 1998 | Flash Flood | Webster | $1,000 | no account filed |
| January 1998 | Flash Flood | Webster | $1,000 | no account filed |
| September 2024 | Flash Flood | Webster | - | A car was stuck in water on Route 104 and North Ave. |
| September 2024 | Flash Flood | Webster | - | Several feet of water was on Park Road. |
| July 2020 | Flash Flood | West Webster | - | Five Mile Lane Road was flooded. |
| May 2019 | Hail | Webster | - | Pea to dime sized hail was reported. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Penfield Center | 3.1 miles | 26 | |
| Roseland | 3.1 miles | 26 | |
| West Webster | 3.6 miles | 26 | |
| Forest Lawn | 4.6 miles | 31 | |
| Glen Edith | 4.8 miles | 31 | |
| Oklahoma Beach | 5.0 miles | 31 | |
| Glen Haven | 5.5 miles | 31 | |
| Bay View | 5.5 miles | 31 |
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 Webster | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7978889 | 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 968985. 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.








