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Breesport, New York

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Horseheads town. It lies in ZIP code area 14816. It stands on Jackson Creek. The Survey maps it on the Erin quadrangle. 629 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,099 feet above sea level.

Breesport within Chemung County

Then and now

1902 to 1992

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 Breesport, surveyed 1992
Topographic sheet of Breesport, surveyed 1902

Population over time

2 figures

Breesport grew from 626 to 629 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
2010626
2020629+3 (+0%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 27 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

141 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 141 fires within 5 miles of Breesport between 1995 and 2020, burning about 137 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 22 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/undetermined61
Debris and open burning25
Arson/incendiarism22
Natural11
Smoking7
Equipment and vehicle use7
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Recreation and ceremony2
Other causes1
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
8 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
7 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2008Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 September 2000Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
18 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
16 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
16 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
12 September 2001Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Chemung County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Breesport: 6 past producers, 3 producers. 3 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
Bannister Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Breesport PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Breesport Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Frank Treat Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Frank Treat Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Horseheads PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Horseheads Town PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Horsheads PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Town PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Chemung County

Storms near this place

5 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Breesport in 5 storm reports between 2006 and 2025: 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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 2020Thunderstorm WindBreesport$10,000Strong thunderstorm winds brought down trees and wires.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindBreesport$7,000A small shed was damaged, and shingles were torn off a house.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindBreesport$2,500Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down trees on road.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindBreesport$1,000Several trees were blown down.
July 2008HailBreesport-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Chemung 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
Maplehurst Park3.0 miles32
Sullivanville3.2 miles32
Erin Estates3.2 miles27
Erin3.5 miles27
Orchard Knoll3.8 miles32
Horseheads4.6 miles32
Pioneer Village5.0 miles32
Rush Run5.2 miles32

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 BreesportAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q4960327The 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 944682. 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.