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West Bainbridge, New York

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Bainbridge town. It lies in ZIP code area 13733. The Survey maps it on the West Bainbridge quadrangle.

West Bainbridge within Chenango County

Then and now

1902 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 83 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of West Bainbridge, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of West Bainbridge, surveyed 1902

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 17 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

74 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 74 fires within 5 miles of West Bainbridge between 1992 and 2020, burning about 144 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 5 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 burning24
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Arson/incendiarism5
Equipment and vehicle use4
Natural4
Smoking3
Power generation/transmission/distribution3

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
5 September 2009Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
17 September 2003Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 August 2007Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 August 2002Natural1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
16 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
27 July 2006Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
20 July 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
14 July 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Chenango County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of West Bainbridge: 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Dubois S&G PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Chenango County

Storms near this place

3 since 2024

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names West Bainbridge in 3 storm reports between 2024 and 2025: 2 flash flood, 1 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2024Thunderstorm WindWest Bainbridge$2,500Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down trees over Cemetery Road.
June 2025Flash FloodWest Bainbridge$2,000Water was reported over the roadway on County Road 17 and Searles Hill Road.
June 2025Flash FloodWest Bainbridge$2,000Water was reported over the roadway on Cooper Schoolhouse Road.

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
Union Valley0.7 miles17
Coventryville2.9 miles17
North Afton3.2 miles17
Bainbridge3.7 miles18
Yaleville4.0 miles18
Blackesley Corner4.5 miles17
Coventry5.0 miles17
Middle Bridge5.6 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 973221. 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.