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Johnson City, New York

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Union town. It lies in ZIP code area 13790. It stands on Glenwood Creek. The Survey maps it on the Binghamton West quadrangle. 15,343 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 873 feet above sea level.

Johnson City within Broome County

Then and now

1904 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 81 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Johnson City, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Johnson City, surveyed 1904

On record in Johnson City

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 7 records

Population over time

2 figures

Johnson City grew from 15,174 to 15,343 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.

YearPeople Change
201015,174
202015,343+169 (+1%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 23 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

675 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 675 fires within 5 miles of Johnson City between 1993 and 2020, burning about 434 acres in total. 33 started naturally. 63 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/undetermined324
Smoking88
Recreation and ceremony65
Arson/incendiarism63
Debris and open burning34
Natural33
Equipment and vehicle use33
Misuse of fire by a minor21
Power generation/transmission/distribution8
Other causes3
Railroad operations and maintenance3

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
9 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
9 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2017Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
7 September 2016Recreation and ceremony1.3 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
7 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
7 September 2010Smoking1.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Broome County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Johnson City: 4 past producers, 2 prospects, 2 producers, 1 plant. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Salt, Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Binghampton Brick Co. PitClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Binghampton Brick Co. PitClayPlant
Brown No.1 WellSaltProspect
Chase-Troy Chem.Co.No.1 WellSaltProspect
Barney and Dick PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Barney and Dick Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Boland PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Murphy PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Murphy PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Broome County

Storms near this place

12 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Johnson City in 12 storm reports between 2000 and 2025: 5 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 3 flash flood, 1 lightning. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2021Flash FloodJohnson City$30,000A culvert washout with road damage was reported on Leigh Street.
May 2004LightningJohnson City$10,000Lightning struck a power line running between two substations. Nearly 5,900 customers lost power for close to 2 hours.
March 2022Thunderstorm WindJohnson City$5,000Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down multiple trees.
May 2015Flash FloodJohnson City$2,000Water, along with mud and rocks washed over Deyo Hill road near the Town of Dickinson line.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindJohnson City$1,000Strong thunderstorm winds snapped a large tree near Harry L Drive and Virginia Avenue.
August 2009Flash FloodJohnson City$1,000Glenwood Road was closed due to flooding, with a couple of feet of water covering the road.
December 2006Thunderstorm WindJohnson City-A wind gust was measured at 66 mph at WBNG TV.|
April 2005HailJohnson City-Law enforcement officials reported dime to nickle size hail with a thunderstorm.
May 2000Thunderstorm WindJohnson City-Thunderstorm winds brought down power lines and left 870 people without power.
June 2000HailJohnson City-Dime size hail was reported by a storm spotter in Johnson City.
July 2025HailJohnson City-no account filed
August 2005Thunderstorm WindJohnson City-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Broome County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Stella (historical)0.8 miles23
Westover0.9 miles23
Willow Point1.9 miles23
Choconut Center2.0 miles23
Binghamton2.5 miles23
Sunrise Terrace2.5 miles23
Endwell3.3 miles30
Port Dickinson3.5 miles23

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 Johnson CityAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3452979The 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 954109. 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.