Hamburg, New York
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Hamburg town. It lies in ZIP code area 14075. It stands on Hampton Brook. The Survey maps it on the Hamburg quadrangle. 9,696 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 820 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1905 to 1984The same ground, surveyed 79 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1905 against another survey:
On record in Hamburg
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
Hamburg Main Street Historic Districtlisted 2012
Population over time
2 figuresHamburg grew from 9,409 to 9,696 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 | 9,409 | |
| 2020 | 9,696 | +287 (+3%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 18 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.
- 1905 USGS Eden quadrangle1:62500
- 1907 USGS Eden quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1944 USGS Eden quadrangle1:62500
- 1944 USGS Hamburg quadrangle1:31680
- 1948 USGS Hamburg quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Hamburg quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1967 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
312 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 312 fires within 5 miles of Hamburg between 2000 and 2020, burning about 140 acres in total. 52 started naturally. 34 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 | 193 |
| Natural | 52 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 34 |
| Debris and open burning | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 7 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2016 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 7 September 2014 | Smoking | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 6 September 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 28 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 24 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 |
| 20 September 2002 | 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
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Hamburg: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kennedy's Pit No. 1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Boston Valley Clay Pit | Clay | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Boston Valley Clay Pit | Clay | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
8 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hamburg in 8 storm reports between 1994 and 2026: 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hamburg | $35,000 | no account filed |
| August 2000 | Flash Flood | Hamburg | $15,000 | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hamburg | $10,000 | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hamburg | $10,000 | no account filed |
| March 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | East Hamburg | $5,000 | Multiple trees snapped in a yard on Davis Street. |
| June 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hamburg | $5,000 | Thunderstorms which moved onshore from Lake Erie produced damaging winds and spawned a weak tornado. The tornado mainly uprooted trees, one of which fell onto a house. |
| June 2006 | Hail | Hamburg | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 2017 | Hail | East Hamburg | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Water Valley | 1.3 miles | 18 | |
| Forest Glen | 1.5 miles | 18 | |
| Scranton | 1.7 miles | 18 | |
| Carnegie | 2.3 miles | 18 | |
| Armor | 2.4 miles | 18 | |
| Creekside | 3.0 miles | 18 | |
| East Eden | 3.4 miles | 18 | |
| Eden Valley | 3.4 miles | 18 |
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 Hamburg | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3460777 | 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 952086. 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.










