Clarkson, New York
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Clarkson town. It lies in ZIP code area 14420. It stands on West Fork Moorman Creek. The Survey maps it on the Brockport quadrangle. 4,694 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 427 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1899 to 1984The same ground, surveyed 85 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


On record in Clarkson
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 within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Clarkson Corners Historic Districtlisted 1994 · 0.0 miles away
Population over time
2 figuresClarkson grew from 4,358 to 4,694 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 | 4,358 | |
| 2020 | 4,694 | +336 (+8%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 22 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.
- 1899 USGS Bergen quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1899 USGS Brockport quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1934 USGS Brockport quadrangle1:24000
- 1952 USGS Brockport quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1965 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Brockport quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
142 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 142 fires within 5 miles of Clarkson between 2002 and 2019, burning about 79 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 47 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 47 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 47 |
| Smoking | 16 |
| Debris and open burning | 11 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 7 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 2014 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 21 September 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 17 September 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 12 September 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 10 September 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 1 September 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 1 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
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 Clarkson: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brockport Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Clarkson in 3 storm reports between 2005 and 2013: 2 hail, 1 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brockport | 1.5 miles | 22 | |
| Garland | 2.1 miles | 22 | |
| Redman Corners | 2.1 miles | 22 | |
| Otis | 3.1 miles | 19 | |
| Sweden Center | 3.9 miles | 22 | |
| Hinkleyville | 4.4 miles | 24 | |
| Adams Basin | 4.6 miles | 24 | |
| Hamlin | 4.8 miles | 19 |
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 Clarkson | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q16258497 | 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 946789. 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.








