Hammondsport, New York
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Urbana town. It lies in ZIP code area 14840. It stands on Glen Brook. The Survey maps it on the Hammondsport quadrangle. 583 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 755 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1903 to 1986The same ground, surveyed 83 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


On record in Hammondsport
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 6 records
Germania Wine Cellarslisted 2000
Gold Seal Winerylisted 2010
Hammondsport Union Free Schoollisted 2008
Mallory Milllisted 1999
Pulteney Square Historic Districtlisted 1999- Village of Hammondsport Historic Districtlisted 2024
Population over time
2 figuresHammondsport fell from 661 to 583 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 | 661 | |
| 2020 | 583 | -78 (-12%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 23 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.
- 1903 USGS Hammondsport quadrangle1:62500, 8 printings
- 1950 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Hammondsport quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1965 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Hornell quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
48 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 48 fires within 5 miles of Hammondsport between 1998 and 2020, burning about 65 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 5 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 | 20 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 September 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | PIGTAIL FIRE #2 |
| 11 September 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 11 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 23 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 10 August 2010 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | URBANA FIRE |
| 7 July 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 4 July 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 2 July 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Hammondsport: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Salt. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| C.Champlin No.1 Well | Salt | Past Producer | ||
| Winding Stairs Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Winding Stairs Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
11 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hammondsport in 11 storm reports between 1995 and 2021: 5 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2015 | Flash Flood | Hammondsport | $165,000 | County Route 87 was closed due to severe flooding. |
| September 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hammondsport | $10,000 | Trees and wires were blown down across the road. |
| August 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hammondsport | $10,000 | no account filed |
| October 2021 | Flash Flood | Hammondsport | $5,000 | Flash flooding closed roads near the intersection of County Route 87 and State Route 54 in the Town of Urbana. |
| October 2021 | Flash Flood | Hammondsport | $5,000 | Flash flooding closed roads near the intersection of County Route 87 and State Route 54 in the Town of Urbana. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hammondsport | $2,000 | A severe thunderstorm produced severe winds as it moved across the area. The thunderstorm resulted in a 10 inch diameter tree being knocked over the road. |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hammondsport | $2,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed numerous trees and wires. |
| July 2008 | Hail | Hammondsport | - | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Hail | Hammondsport | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Hammondsport | - | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hammondsport | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rheims | 1.7 miles | 17 | |
| Pleasant Valley | 2.1 miles | 17 | |
| North Urbana | 3.0 miles | 23 | |
| Glen Grove | 3.1 miles | 23 | |
| Hermitage | 3.3 miles | 17 | |
| Mitchellsville | 3.5 miles | 17 | |
| Cold Springs | 3.9 miles | 18 | |
| Urbana | 3.9 miles | 23 |
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 Hammondsport | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1011907 | 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 952131. 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.






