Cape Vincent, New York
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Cape Vincent town. It lies in ZIP code area 13618. It stands on Scotch Brook. The Survey maps it on the Cape Vincent North quadrangle. 699 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 262 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1895 to 1985The 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.


On record in Cape Vincent
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 12 of 32 shown
Aubertine Buildinglisted 1985
John Borland Houselisted 1985
James Buckley Houselisted 1985
E. K. Burnham Houselisted 1985
Duvillard Milllisted 1985
East Charity Shoal Lightlisted 2008
First Presbyterian Society of Cape Vincentlisted 2013
Vincent LeRay Houselisted 1973
Roxy Hotellisted 1985
Cornelius Sacket Houselisted 1985
General Sacket Houselisted 1985
St. John's Episcopal Churchlisted 1985
Population over time
2 figuresCape Vincent fell from 726 to 699 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 | 726 | |
| 2020 | 699 | -27 (-4%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1895 USGS Cape Vincent quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
- 1942 USGS Cape Vincent North quadrangle1:31680
- 1944 USGS Cape Vincent quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Kingston quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Cape Vincent North quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Cape Vincent quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
47 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 47 fires within 5 miles of Cape Vincent between 2003 and 2020, burning about 40 acres in total. 1 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/undetermined | 30 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 8 September 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 6.3 acres | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 4 September 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 20 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 5 August 2016 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 5 August 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 27 August 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 23 August 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Cape Vincent: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cape Vincent Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
5 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cape Vincent in 5 storm reports between 2000 and 2025: 5 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cape Vincent | $15,000 | no account filed |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cape Vincent | $10,000 | Law enforcement reported trees down. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cape Vincent | $5,000 | Trees and powerlines downed in Cape Vincent. |
| August 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cape Vincent | $2,000 | Trees and wires were downed. |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cape Vincent | $2,000 | Trees down to the southwest of Cape Vincent. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rosiere | 4.9 miles | 16 | |
| Sunnybank | 5.0 miles | 17 | |
| Millen Bay | 5.5 miles | 16 | |
| Bayview | 6.4 miles | 17 | |
| Warren | 7.1 miles | 16 | |
| Three Mile Bay | 7.8 miles | 16 | |
| Herrick Grove | 9.0 miles | 16 | |
| Saint Lawrence | 9.4 miles | 16 |
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 Cape Vincent | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3460792 | 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 945801. 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.





