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Port Crane, New York

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Fenton town. It lies in ZIP code area 13833. It stands on Osborne Creek. The Survey maps it on the Chenango Forks quadrangle.

Port Crane 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 Port Crane, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Port Crane, surveyed 1904

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 24 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

226 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 226 fires within 5 miles of Port Crane between 1992 and 2020, burning about 220 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 20 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/undetermined96
Debris and open burning23
Smoking21
Arson/incendiarism20
Equipment and vehicle use19
Misuse of fire by a minor12
Natural11
Power generation/transmission/distribution11
Railroad operations and maintenance7
Recreation and ceremony5
Other causes1

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 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2009Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 September 2004Other causesunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
26 September 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
26 September 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
23 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire 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

10 of 15 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Port Crane: 7 past producers, 7 producers, 1 plant. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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
Boland PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Chenango Bridge PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Corbisello QuarriesSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Crouch PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Hale PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
New York State Dept. Trans. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
O Brien PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Pond 4 PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Broome County

Storms near this place

26 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Port Crane in 26 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 10 hail, 8 flash flood, 7 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning. The reports record 3 injuries. 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
November 2006Flash FloodPort Crane3 hurt, $25,000A mud slide on interstate 88 resulted in a multi-injury car accident.
September 2011Flash FloodPort Crane$500,000I-88 east between exit 2 and exit 3 was closed due to a landslide with trees involved.
July 2013Flash FloodPort Crane$50,000Several roads were flooded in the Town of Port Crane.
June 2013Flash FloodPort Crane$20,000Ballyhack Creek was out of its banks with flooding on Albany and Canal Streets in Port Crane. Portions of State Route 7B have been washed out.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindPort Crane$10,000Strong thunderstorm winds brought down a tree on a home on Poplar Hill Road.
May 2004LightningPort Crane$10,000Lightning struck a barn at 657 State Route 369 starting a fire. Firefighters quickly put the fire out. The barn suffered minor damage.
June 2002Flash FloodPort Crane$10,000Road washout in the town of Fenton. Partial road washouts in Port Crane and Sanitaria Springs.
June 1996Thunderstorm WindPort Crane$8,000no account filed
July 2017Flash FloodPort Crane$5,000Thunderstorms with excessive rainfall rates caused many roads and underpasses to be flooded.
August 1995Thunderstorm WindPort Crane$5,000no account filed
June 2008Thunderstorm WindPort Crane$3,000A tree was uprooted and fell on a 20x20 foot storage building.
December 2023Flash FloodPort Crane$2,000A tributary to the Chenango River is flooding and threatening to overtop a bridge. Extensive lowland flooding along the river's main channel is also happening.
May 2021Thunderstorm WindPort Crane$1,000Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down wires on River Road.
May 2015Flash FloodPort Crane$1,000Serious ponding of water in parking lots and water washing over roadways was reported in Port Crane. A small debris flow coming off of a sheer cliff was observed in the Town of Fenton.
July 2025HailPort Crane-Burst of pea sized hail with scattered quarter sized pieces.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindPort Crane-A large tree fell on a house.
May 2000Thunderstorm WindPort Crane-Thunderstorm winds brought down wires and tree limbs.
July 2025HailPort Crane-no account filed
May 2022HailPort Crane-no account filed
August 2020HailPort Crane-no account filed
May 2013HailPort Crane-no account filed
May 2013HailPort Crane-no account filed
June 2013HailPort Crane-no account filed
August 2008HailPort Crane-no account filed
August 2008HailPort Crane-no account filed
October 2007HailPort Crane-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
Chenango Bridge1.5 miles24
Kattellville2.8 miles24
Newmans Corner3.1 miles23
Hinmans Corners3.4 miles23
Sanitaria Springs3.6 miles24
Brookvale3.7 miles24
Popes Ravine3.7 miles24
Forest Manor3.8 miles24

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.

Wikidata item Q122545352The 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 960961. 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.