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.
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 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
Bonfoy-Barstow Houselisted 2011
Population over time
2 figuresWest 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 826 | |
| 2020 | 733 | -93 (-11%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1907 USGS Winfield quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
- 1943 USGS West Winfield quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1945 USGS West Winfield 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
38 since 1995Regional 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/undetermined | 22 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 September 2013 | Smoking | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 9 July 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 8 July 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 22 July 2016 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 12 July 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 24 June 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 20 June 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.4 acres | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 6 May 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.5 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Millers Mill Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Welch Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| West Winfield Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
20 since 1999Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2024 | Tornado (EF1) | West Winfield | $18,500 | A 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 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | West Winfield | $11,000 | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | West Winfield | $5,000 | Numerous trees down across the town. One car flattened by a large tree that was toppled into a driveway. |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | West Winfield | $1,000 | no account filed |
| July 2023 | Hail | West Winfield | - | A trained spotter reported a quarter size hail near West Winfield. Small branches were reported falling at the time of the call. |
| July 2023 | Hail | West Winfield | - | A trained spotter reported quarter size hail with small branches down near West Winfield. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | West Winfield | - | Trees and wires were reported down. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | West Winfield | - | Trees and wires reported down. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | West Winfield | - | Trees and wires were reported down in West Winfield as a result of thunderstorm winds. |
| July 2014 | Hail | West Winfield | - | Quarter size hail was reported during a thunderstorm in West Winfield. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | West 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 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | West Winfield | - | A tree was down and on a wire across a road due to thunderstorm winds in the town of Winfield. |
| May 2014 | Flash Flood | West Winfield | - | Route 51 was reportedly closed due to flash flooding from heavy rainfall. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | West Winfield | - | Eight power poles were reportedly downed along U.S. Route 20 due to thunderstorm winds in West Winfield. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | West Winfield | - | Trees and wires were reported down in West Winfield as a result of thunderstorm winds on State Route 51 and Burrows Road. |
| June 2011 | Hail | West Winfield | - | Hail up to 2 inches in diameter was reported during a thunderstorm in West Winfield. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | West Winfield | - | Trees and wires were reported down in West Winfield due to strong thunderstorm winds. |
| August 2007 | Hail | West Winfield | - | Nickel size hail was reported in West Winfield. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | West Winfield | - | A tree, and several wires were reported down in West Winfield due to strong thunderstorm winds. |
| May 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | West Winfield | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hitching Corner | 1.5 miles | 17 | |
| Woods Corners | 1.6 miles | 16 | |
| East Winfield | 2.6 miles | 17 | |
| Birmingham Corners | 3.0 miles | 17 | |
| North Winfield | 3.2 miles | 17 | |
| Cedarville Station | 4.0 miles | 18 | |
| Chepachet | 4.2 miles | 18 | |
| Cedar Lake | 5.1 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 West Winfield | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3458021 | 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 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.







