Port Dickinson, New York
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Dickinson town. It lies in ZIP code area 13901. It stands on Phelps Creek. The Survey maps it on the Castle Creek quadrangle. 1,699 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 863 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 Port Dickinson
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 1 record
Bevier-Wright Houselisted 2008
Population over time
2 figuresPort Dickinson grew from 1,641 to 1,699 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 | 1,641 | |
| 2020 | 1,699 | +58 (+4%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 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
- 1934 USGS Castle Creek quadrangle1:24000
- 1942 USGS Castle Creek quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
- 1942 USGS Castle Creek quadrangle1:24000
- 1948 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Castle Creek quadrangle1:24000
- 1963 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Castle Creek quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
566 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 566 fires within 5 miles of Port Dickinson between 1992 and 2020, burning about 392 acres in total. 23 started naturally. 52 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 | 266 |
| Smoking | 76 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 52 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 49 |
| Debris and open burning | 32 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 29 |
| Natural | 23 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 18 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 11 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 7 |
| Other causes | 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
10 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Port Dickinson: 5 past producers, 3 producers, 1 prospect, 1 plant. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brown No.1 Well | Salt | Prospect | ||
| Binghampton Brick Co. Pit | Clay | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Binghampton Brick Co. Pit | Clay | Plant | ||
| Boland Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Chenango Bridge Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Corbisello Quarries | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Hale Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Van Gravel Pit and Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Weber Road Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Weber Road Pit and Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary |
Storms near this place
7 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Port Dickinson in 7 storm reports between 2000 and 2025: 6 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Port Dickinson | $750,000 | Strong thunderstorm winds snapped more than 50 poles in the Binghamton area. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Port Dickinson | $5,000 | Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down numerous trees on Upper Front Street. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Port Dickinson | $2,500 | Strong thunderstorm winds snapped or knocked down large trees. |
| March 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Port Dickinson | $2,500 | Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down trees on Wayne Avenue. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Port Dickinson | $250 | Strong thunderstorm winds snapped large tree limbs. |
| May 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Port Dickinson | - | Thunderstorm winds brought a tree down on a house. |
| July 2025 | Hail | Port Dickinson | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunrise Terrace | 1.0 miles | 23 | |
| Popes Ravine | 1.8 miles | 24 | |
| Hinmans Corners | 1.9 miles | 23 | |
| Fortress Estates | 2.5 miles | 23 | |
| Choconut Center | 2.6 miles | 23 | |
| Binghamton | 2.7 miles | 23 | |
| Stella (historical) | 2.8 miles | 23 | |
| Chenango Bridge | 2.9 miles | 24 |
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 Port Dickinson | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3452586 | 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 960962. 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.










