Clark Mills, New York
26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Kirkland town. It lies in ZIP code area 13323. The Survey maps it on the Clinton quadrangle. 2,049 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 515 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 Clark Mills
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
St. Mark's Churchlisted 1996
Population over time
2 figuresClark Mills grew from 1,905 to 2,049 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 | 1,905 | |
| 2020 | 2,049 | +144 (+8%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 26 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 Oriskany quadrangle1:62500
- 1898 USGS Oriskany quadrangle1:62500, 10 printings
- 1947 USGS Rome quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1949 USGS Clinton quadrangle1:24000
- 1950 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Clinton quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1964 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Utica quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
105 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 105 fires within 5 miles of Clark Mills between 2001 and 2020, burning about 75 acres in total. 6 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 | 68 |
| Debris and open burning | 15 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 29 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 23 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 23 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 18 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 10 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 9 August 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.4 acres | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 8 August 2016 | Debris and open burning | 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
10 of 17 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Clark Mills: 16 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burrows Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Doyles'Place Sand & Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Sand & Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Whitesboro Sand & Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Woods Road Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Borst Mines | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Brimfield Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Clinton Mills Opening | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Clinton Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Derwin Farm | Iron | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
6 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Clark Mills in 6 storm reports between 2005 and 2025: 4 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. The reports record 3 deaths. 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 2025 | Tornado (EF1) | Clark Mills | 3 killed, $440,000 | A deadly pre-dawn tornado spun up at a kink in a line of severe thunderstorms in Clark Mills. Numerous trees were uprooted or snapped, with many of them on structures. Three homes were sliced or crushed by trees. Two residents were killed in one of the heavily-damaged homes, and a third fatality occurred on the crushed end of another residence. The tornado quickly became intense while traveling southwest |initially, and destroyed a historic grist mill along Oriskany Creek. The tornado then became absorbed into the southward motion of the line of thunderstorms, traveling along Kirkland Avenue before ending. While there was this focused corridor of convergent enhanced EF1 tornado damage, other scattered tree damage could be found throughout the area associated with damaging winds up to 70 mph from the line of severe storms. |
| July 2017 | Flash Flood | Clark Mills | $2,600,000 | Widespread flash flooding of small streams and urbanized areas continued, and became more severe, throughout the town of Kirkland. Culverts and roads were washed out in several locations. Several residences and businesses experienced significant flooding. |
| July 2017 | Flash Flood | Clark Mills | $1,300,000 | Widespread flash flooding of small streams and urbanized areas continued, and became more severe, throughout the town of Kirkland, particularly in the Clinton area along Sherman Brook and Oriskany Creek. Culverts and roads were washed out in several locations. Several residences and businesses experienced significant flooding. Evacuations and water rescues occurred around Clinton and Kirkland. |
| July 2017 | Flash Flood | Clark Mills | $1,000,000 | Widespread flash flooding of small streams and urbanized areas occurred throughout the town of New Hartford. Culverts and roads were washed out in several locations. Several residences and businesses experienced flooding. |
| July 2017 | Flash Flood | Clark Mills | $1,000,000 | Widespread flash flooding continued across the town of New Hartford, particularly along the reach of Sauqoit Creek where roads were flooded, and homes and businesses experienced significant flood damage. Evacuations and water rescues occurred along the creek and in other parts of the town. |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clark Mills | $2,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed trees and wires. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Millgate Meadows | 0.6 miles | 26 | |
| Kirkland | 1.0 miles | 26 | |
| Walesville | 1.8 miles | 26 | |
| Westmoreland | 2.1 miles | 26 | |
| Lairdsville | 2.9 miles | 26 | |
| Clinton | 3.0 miles | 26 | |
| Colemans Mills | 3.1 miles | 26 | |
| Franklin Springs | 3.9 miles | 26 |
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 Clark Mills | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3461696 | 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 946769. 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.










