Clinton, 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. It lies near The Knob. The Survey maps it on the Clinton quadrangle. 1,683 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 604 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 Clinton
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 4 records
Elihu Root HouseNational Historic Landmark · listed 1972
Hamilton College Chapellisted 1972
Edward W. Stanley Recreation Centerlisted 2010- Clinton Village Historic Districtlisted 1982
Population over time
2 figuresClinton fell from 1,942 to 1,683 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 | 1,942 | |
| 2020 | 1,683 | -259 (-13%) |
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
97 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 97 fires within 5 miles of Clinton between 2002 and 2020, burning about 60 acres in total. 4 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 | 64 |
| Debris and open burning | 15 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 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 |
| 30 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 23 August 2012 | 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
10 of 18 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Clinton: 17 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, Dimension. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cittadino Quarry | Limestone, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Marshall Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Bertie Waterlime Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Eisler Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Kirkland Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Lawless Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Borst Mines | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Brimfield Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Clinton Mills Opening | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Clinton Mine | Iron | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
26 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Clinton in 26 storm reports between 1993 and 2023: 13 thunderstorm wind, 8 hail, 3 flash flood, 2 funnel cloud. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2013 | Flash Flood | Clinton | $500,000 | There was significant flooding of village roads, including up to 4 feet of water on College Street. Oriskany Creek, Sherman Brook and other un-named streams were all out of bank in the village. |
| June 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clinton | $50,000 | Severe thunderstorm winds downed a large tree limb destroying a car and badly damaging the porch of a house. |
| November 2019 | Flash Flood | Clinton | $40,000 | Oriskany Creek was reported to be flooding Sanford Avenue, and other areas in the Town of Kirkland. |
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clinton | $10,000 | Thunderstorm winds blew numerous trees and wires down. |
| May 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clinton | $5,000 | Strong thunderstorm winds brought down wires. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clinton | $5,000 | A thunderstorm moved across the region and became severe. This thunderstorm resulted in several trees being knocked over in the town of Clinton. |
| July 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clinton | $5,000 | no account filed |
| August 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clinton | $5,000 | no account filed |
| September 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clinton | $3,000 | Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down trees and wires. |
| December 2023 | Flash Flood | Clinton | $2,000 | State Route 12B in the Town of New Hartford is flooded between Middle Settlement Rd. and State Route 5. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clinton | $1,000 | A strong thunderstorm knocked down a large tree onto a roadway. |
| December 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clinton | $1,000 | Several trees were blown down. |
| July 2016 | Hail | Clinton | $1,000 | no account filed |
| June 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clinton | $1,000 | no account filed |
| August 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clinton | $500 | no account filed |
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clinton | - | Multiple trees were blown down across central part of the county from 745 pm to 800 pm. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clinton | - | Several trees were knocked down. |
| June 2016 | Hail | Clinton | - | no account filed |
| May 2013 | Hail | Clinton | - | no account filed |
| May 2012 | Hail | Clinton | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Clinton | - | no account filed |
| July 2010 | Hail | Clinton | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Clinton | - | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Funnel Cloud | Clinton | - | no account filed |
| July 2007 | Funnel Cloud | Clinton | - | no account filed |
| August 2007 | Hail | Clinton | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Franklin Springs | 1.1 miles | 26 | |
| Farmers Mills | 2.0 miles | 26 | |
| Kirkland | 2.0 miles | 26 | |
| Chuckery Corners | 2.8 miles | 26 | |
| Millgate Meadows | 2.9 miles | 26 | |
| Clark Mills | 3.0 miles | 26 | |
| Lairdsville | 3.5 miles | 26 | |
| Deansboro | 4.5 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 Clinton | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1021657 | 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 946885. 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.










