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.
Then and now
1904 to 1985The 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.


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
Goodwill Theatrelisted 2000
Johnson City Historic Districtlisted 2011
Johnson City Square Deal Archlisted 2001
C. Fred Johnson Park Carousellisted 1992
US Post Office-Johnson Citylisted 1989
Your Home Librarylisted 2005- Johnson City High Schoollisted 2025
Population over time
2 figuresJohnson 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 15,174 | |
| 2020 | 15,343 | +169 (+1%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 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.
- 1904 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:62500, 9 printings
- 1935 USGS Binghamton West quadrangle1:24000
- 1942 USGS Binghamton West quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Binghamton West quadrangle1:24000
- 1963 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Binghamton West quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
675 since 1993Regional 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/undetermined | 324 |
| Smoking | 88 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 65 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 63 |
| Debris and open burning | 34 |
| Natural | 33 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 33 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 21 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 8 |
| Other causes | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 9 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 9 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 8 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 September 2017 | Smoking | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 7 September 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.3 acres | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 7 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 7 September 2010 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
9 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Binghampton Brick Co. Pit | Clay | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Binghampton Brick Co. Pit | Clay | Plant | ||
| Brown No.1 Well | Salt | Prospect | ||
| Chase-Troy Chem.Co.No.1 Well | Salt | Prospect | ||
| Barney and Dick Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Barney and Dick Pit and Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Boland Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Murphy Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Murphy Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
12 since 2000Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2021 | Flash Flood | Johnson City | $30,000 | A culvert washout with road damage was reported on Leigh Street. |
| May 2004 | Lightning | Johnson City | $10,000 | Lightning struck a power line running between two substations. Nearly 5,900 customers lost power for close to 2 hours. |
| March 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Johnson City | $5,000 | Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down multiple trees. |
| May 2015 | Flash Flood | Johnson City | $2,000 | Water, along with mud and rocks washed over Deyo Hill road near the Town of Dickinson line. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Johnson City | $1,000 | Strong thunderstorm winds snapped a large tree near Harry L Drive and Virginia Avenue. |
| August 2009 | Flash Flood | Johnson City | $1,000 | Glenwood Road was closed due to flooding, with a couple of feet of water covering the road. |
| December 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Johnson City | - | A wind gust was measured at 66 mph at WBNG TV.| |
| April 2005 | Hail | Johnson City | - | Law enforcement officials reported dime to nickle size hail with a thunderstorm. |
| May 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Johnson City | - | Thunderstorm winds brought down power lines and left 870 people without power. |
| June 2000 | Hail | Johnson City | - | Dime size hail was reported by a storm spotter in Johnson City. |
| July 2025 | Hail | Johnson City | - | no account filed |
| August 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Johnson City | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stella (historical) | 0.8 miles | 23 | |
| Westover | 0.9 miles | 23 | |
| Willow Point | 1.9 miles | 23 | |
| Choconut Center | 2.0 miles | 23 | |
| Binghamton | 2.5 miles | 23 | |
| Sunrise Terrace | 2.5 miles | 23 | |
| Endwell | 3.3 miles | 30 | |
| Port Dickinson | 3.5 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 Johnson City | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3452979 | 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 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.









