Fort Johnson, New York
26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Amsterdam town. It lies in ZIP code area 12070. It stands on Fitzpatrick Creek. The Survey maps it on the Amsterdam quadrangle.
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 Fort Johnson
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
Fort JohnsonNational Historic Landmark · listed 1972
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 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 Amsterdam quadrangle1:62500, 7 printings
- 1931 USGS Amsterdam quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1947 USGS Amsterdam quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1948 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Amsterdam quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Amsterdam quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Amsterdam quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
180 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 180 fires within 5 miles of Fort Johnson between 1994 and 2020, burning about 132 acres in total. 7 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/undetermined | 108 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 22 |
| Debris and open burning | 19 |
| Smoking | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 2018 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 8 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 3 September 2012 | Smoking | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 29 September 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 21 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 13 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 13 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 11 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fort Johnson in 1 storm report in 1993: 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fort Johnson | $5,000 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Amsterdam | 2.5 miles | 26 | |
| Amsterdam | 2.7 miles | 26 | |
| Tribes Hill | 2.8 miles | 20 | |
| Church Corners | 2.9 miles | 20 | |
| Fort Hunter | 3.0 miles | 20 | |
| Rockton | 3.2 miles | 26 | |
| Harrower | 3.3 miles | 26 | |
| Wallins Corners | 3.5 miles | 26 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 950482. 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.
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.









