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Ogdensburg, New York

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Ogdensburg City. It lies in ZIP code area 13669. It stands on Oswegatchie River. The Survey maps it on the Ogdensburg East quadrangle. 10,064 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 295 feet above sea level.

Ogdensburg within St. Lawrence 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 Ogdensburg, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Ogdensburg, surveyed 1904

Compare 1904 against another survey:

On record in Ogdensburg

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 9 records

Population over time

2 figures

Ogdensburg fell from 11,128 to 10,064 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
201011,128
202010,064-1,064 (-10%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 15 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

69 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 69 fires within 5 miles of Ogdensburg between 2001 and 2020, burning about 35 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 25 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/undetermined35
Arson/incendiarism25
Natural4
Smoking3
Debris and open burning2

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
18 September 2018Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
5 August 2016Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
31 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
22 August 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
20 August 2019Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
20 August 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
12 August 2018Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
10 August 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in St. Lawrence 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 Ogdensburg: 7 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Dolomite, Limestone, Dimension, Limestone, General. 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
Ogdensburg QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Howard's QuarryDolomitePast Producer
Howard's QuarryDolomitePast Producer
Mc Conville Inc. QuarryDolomitePast Producer1885
Unnamed Dolomite QuarryStone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, DimensionPast Producer
Unnamed Dolomite QuarryStone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, DimensionPast Producer
Unnamed Dolomite QuarryStone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, DimensionPast Producer
Ogdenburg Stone and Asphalt, Inc.Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Ogdensburg QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in St. Lawrence County

Storms near this place

26 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ogdensburg in 26 storm reports between 1997 and 2022: 12 thunderstorm wind, 11 hail, 2 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
October 2010FloodOgdensburg$150,000Heavy rain produced flooding in Canton, Ogdensburg, and Potsdam. In Canton, New York State 11 was closed between Routes 310 and 68 by high water. Thirty five to forty homes in Ogdensburg had basement flooding, and there were multiple reports of city street flooding. In Potsdam water inundated the first floor of a home, and there was extensive flooding of streets, yards, and basements.
September 2010FloodOgdensburg$150,000Heavy rain produced flooding in Canton, Ogdensburg, and Potsdam. In Canton, New York State 11 was closed between Routes 310 and 68 by high water. Thirty five to forty homes in Ogdensburg had basement flooding, and there were multiple reports of city street flooding. In Potsdam water inundated the first floor of a home, and there was extensive flooding of streets, yards, and basements.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindOgdensburg$50,000Trees and Powerlines down throughout Ogdensburg and Route 37 closed to Waddington.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindOgdensburg$50,000Multiple full grown maple trees uprooted with damage to vehicles and some small structures on Elizabeth, Hamilton, Caroline, Franklin, State, Morris and Washington streets.
July 1999Thunderstorm WindOgdensburg$40,000no account filed
May 2022Thunderstorm WindOgdensburg$25,000Numerous trees and power lines downed by thunderstorm winds, as well as a few structures receiving minor damage.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindOgdensburg$20,000Numerous trees, tree limbs downed and utility pole snapped.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindOgdensburg$20,000Several trees down across the area as well as a 100 foot pine tree across a truck.
July 1999Thunderstorm WindOgdensburg$20,000no account filed
July 2011Thunderstorm WindOgdensburg$15,000Trees and fence blown down in yard and a heavily damaged.
September 2012Thunderstorm WindOgdensburg$10,000Several large trees and power lines down as well as measured wind gust of 59 mph.
August 1997HailOgdensburg$10,000Trees and power lines were blown down in addition to the hail.
September 2001Thunderstorm WindOgdensburg$5,000no account filed
March 2000LightningOgdensburg$5,000no account filed
June 1997Thunderstorm WindOgdensburg$5,000no account filed
May 2005HailOgdensburg$1,000no account filed
September 2013HailOgdensburg-Nickel to quarter size hail reported.
July 2010HailOgdensburg-Several reports of nickel to quarter to slightly larger size diameter hail reported in and near Ogdensburg.
June 2009HailOgdensburg-Nickel size hail reported in Ogdensburg.
June 2009HailOgdensburg-Additional reports of nickel size hail in and around Ogdensburg.
July 2008HailOgdensburg-Nickel to quarter size hail reported in Ogdensburg.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindOgdensburg-Thunderstorm winds, accompanied by large hail, downed several large branches.
July 2003HailOgdensburg-no account filed
March 2000HailOgdensburg-no account filed
July 2000HailOgdensburg-no account filed
July 2000HailOgdensburg-no account filed

Every storm recorded in St. Lawrence 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
Lost Village5.2 miles15
Galilee5.5 miles17
Heuvelton6.7 miles15
Red Mills6.9 miles14
Flackville7.1 miles15
Morristown Center8.8 miles17
Lisbon9.1 miles15
De Peyster10.1 miles15

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 OgdensburgAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q684406The 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 976759. 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.