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Westmoreland, New York

26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Westmoreland town. It lies in ZIP code area 13490. The Survey maps it on the Clinton quadrangle. 390 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 522 feet above sea level.

Westmoreland within Oneida County

Then and now

1895 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 90 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Westmoreland, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Westmoreland, surveyed 1895

Population over time

2 figures

Westmoreland fell from 427 to 390 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
2010427
2020390-37 (-9%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 26 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

63 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 63 fires within 5 miles of Westmoreland between 2000 and 2020, burning about 52 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 6 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/undetermined40
Debris and open burning11
Arson/incendiarism6
Natural3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
29 September 2019Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
18 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 August 2017Equipment and vehicle use1.4 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
8 August 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
23 August 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
15 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresFire Department of New YorkNA
11 August 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
10 August 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Oneida County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Westmoreland: 12 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General. 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
Penfield QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Doyles'Place Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Borst MinesIronPast Producer
Clinton Mills OpeningIronPast Producer
Clinton MineIronPast Producer
Derwin FarmIronPast Producer
Franklin MineIronPast Producer
Freibergher Farm.IronPast Producer
Norton MineIronPast Producer

Every working recorded in Oneida County

Storms near this place

24 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Westmoreland in 24 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 14 thunderstorm wind, 7 hail, 2 lightning, 1 flash flood. The reports record 1 death and 2 injuries. 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 2002LightningWestmoreland1 killed, 1 hurtLightning struck a 31 year old woman and mother of two in the front yard of her home. She was knocked unconscious. She was later pronounced dead at the hospital. Her children were also in the yard at the same time, but only her 5 year old son got struck. He received a first degree burn to his foot. The 6 year old daughter had no injuries.
September 2013Thunderstorm WindWestmoreland1 hurt, $5,000Tree was blown down on a car with one injury due to windshield glass shattering.
June 2002LightningWestmoreland$100,000Lightning struck a barn on Springhouse Road starting a fire. The fire was not discovered for about 2 hours after the lightning strike. The barn was completely destroyed. 1100 bales of hay were lost. 4 cows died. Other buildings nearby were saved by the firefighters.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindWestmoreland$10,000Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down at least 17 trees in a yard.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindWestmoreland$10,000A thunderstorm moved into the area Saturday afternoon and quickly became severe. The thunderstorm knocked many trees over and caused power outages in the city of Westmoreland.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindWestmoreland$10,000A thunderstorm moved across the region and became severe. This thunderstorm resulted in six trees being knocked over in Westmoreland, and some trees in the towns of Verona and Utica.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindWestmoreland$5,000Strong thunderstorm winds brought down a tree, blocking Daily Road.
June 2004Thunderstorm WindWestmoreland$5,000Thunderstorm winds downed trees.
August 1993Thunderstorm WindWestmoreland$5,000A squall line moved across eastern New York on the afternoon and evening of August 2nd resulting in severe thunderstorms across parts of the region. There were numerous reports of large tree limbs, trees and power lines downed by thunderstorm winds. The areas hardest hit were Herkimer, Montgomery, Oneida, Otsego and Washington Counties. In all over 15,000 customers were left without power.
June 1994Thunderstorm WindWestmoreland$5,000no account filed
July 1994Thunderstorm WindWestmoreland$5,000no account filed
August 2012Thunderstorm WindWestmoreland$2,000A tree fell on a house on East Main Street.
January 2008Thunderstorm WindWestmoreland$1,000Wires were blown down. Also, a tractor trailer was blown over on Route 12 in Deerfield.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindWestmoreland-Numerous trees and wires were blown down.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindWestmoreland-Large trees were blown down.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindWestmoreland-Several trees and wires were blown down.
May 2000Flash FloodWestmoreland-Roads closed due to flooding.
May 2000HailWestmoreland-Thunderstorm winds brought down trees and wires. Hail 1.25 inches in diameter damaged a garage. A steel reenforced garage door was damaged by strong winds.
August 2023HailWestmoreland-no account filed
June 2011HailWestmoreland-no account filed
July 2011HailWestmoreland-no account filed
July 2009HailWestmoreland-no account filed
August 2007HailWestmoreland-no account filed
May 2000HailWestmoreland-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Oneida 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
Walesville2.0 miles26
Clark Mills2.1 miles26
Bartlett2.4 miles28
Millgate Meadows2.6 miles26
Kirkland2.9 miles26
Hecla2.9 miles26
Lairdsville2.9 miles26
Colemans Mills3.2 miles26

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 WestmorelandAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q20880920The 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 970932. 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.