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West Winfield, New York

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Winfield town. It lies in ZIP code area 13491. It stands on North Winfield Creek. The Survey maps it on the West Winfield quadrangle. 733 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,191 feet above sea level.

West Winfield within Herkimer County

Then and now

1907 to 1986

The 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.

Topographic sheet of West Winfield, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of West Winfield, surveyed 1907

On record in West Winfield

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

Population over time

2 figures

West Winfield fell from 826 to 733 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.

YearPeople Change
2010826
2020733-93 (-11%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

38 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 38 fires within 5 miles of West Winfield between 1995 and 2020, burning about 28 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 7 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/undetermined22
Arson/incendiarism7
Debris and open burning3
Natural3
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Smoking1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
22 September 2013Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
9 July 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 July 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
22 July 2016Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
12 July 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
24 June 2008Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
20 June 2020Equipment and vehicle use1.4 acresFire Department of New YorkNA
6 May 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.5 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Herkimer County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of West Winfield: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 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
Millers Mill PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Welch PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
West Winfield PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Herkimer County

Storms near this place

20 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names West Winfield in 20 storm reports between 1999 and 2024: 13 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 1 flash flood, 1 tornado. 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
June 2024Tornado (EF1)West Winfield$18,500A tornado touched down near West Winfield, New York on Saturday morning, June 22, 2024. The tornado began near the intersection of Meeting House Road and Marriot Road and moved east-southeast ending east of New York State Route 51. The tornado damaged a barn and destroyed a small shed. The tornado snapped and uprooted trees and two houses were damaged by fallen trees. A metal canoe was wrapped around power lines. A video of the tornado was provided to the National Weather Service.
June 2000Thunderstorm WindWest Winfield$11,000no account filed
June 2004Thunderstorm WindWest Winfield$5,000Numerous trees down across the town. One car flattened by a large tree that was toppled into a driveway.
July 1999Thunderstorm WindWest Winfield$1,000no account filed
July 2023HailWest Winfield-A trained spotter reported a quarter size hail near West Winfield. Small branches were reported falling at the time of the call.
July 2023HailWest Winfield-A trained spotter reported quarter size hail with small branches down near West Winfield.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindWest Winfield-Trees and wires were reported down.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindWest Winfield-Trees and wires reported down.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindWest Winfield-Trees and wires were reported down in West Winfield as a result of thunderstorm winds.
July 2014HailWest Winfield-Quarter size hail was reported during a thunderstorm in West Winfield.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindWest Winfield-Several trees were downed by thunderstorm winds in West Winfield. Some of the trees fell on homes, causing damage to roofs. Major damage occurred on Stone Road as well.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindWest Winfield-A tree was down and on a wire across a road due to thunderstorm winds in the town of Winfield.
May 2014Flash FloodWest Winfield-Route 51 was reportedly closed due to flash flooding from heavy rainfall.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindWest Winfield-Eight power poles were reportedly downed along U.S. Route 20 due to thunderstorm winds in West Winfield.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindWest Winfield-Trees and wires were reported down in West Winfield as a result of thunderstorm winds on State Route 51 and Burrows Road.
June 2011HailWest Winfield-Hail up to 2 inches in diameter was reported during a thunderstorm in West Winfield.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindWest Winfield-Trees and wires were reported down in West Winfield due to strong thunderstorm winds.
August 2007HailWest Winfield-Nickel size hail was reported in West Winfield.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindWest Winfield-A tree, and several wires were reported down in West Winfield due to strong thunderstorm winds.
May 2003Thunderstorm WindWest Winfield-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Herkimer 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
Hitching Corner1.5 miles17
Woods Corners1.6 miles16
East Winfield2.6 miles17
Birmingham Corners3.0 miles17
North Winfield3.2 miles17
Cedarville Station4.0 miles18
Chepachet4.2 miles18
Cedar Lake5.1 miles17

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 West WinfieldAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3458021The 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 970891. 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.