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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.

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

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

Population over time

2 figures

Port 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.

YearPeople Change
20101,641
20201,699+58 (+4%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 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

566 since 1992

Regional 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/undetermined266
Smoking76
Arson/incendiarism52
Recreation and ceremony49
Debris and open burning32
Equipment and vehicle use29
Natural23
Misuse of fire by a minor18
Power generation/transmission/distribution11
Railroad operations and maintenance7
Other causes3

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

10 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Brown No.1 WellSaltProspect
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
Hale PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Van Gravel Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Weber Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Weber Road Pit and PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Broome County

Storms near this place

7 since 2000

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2025Thunderstorm WindPort Dickinson$750,000Strong thunderstorm winds snapped more than 50 poles in the Binghamton area.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindPort Dickinson$5,000Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down numerous trees on Upper Front Street.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindPort Dickinson$2,500Strong thunderstorm winds snapped or knocked down large trees.
March 2022Thunderstorm WindPort Dickinson$2,500Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down trees on Wayne Avenue.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindPort Dickinson$250Strong thunderstorm winds snapped large tree limbs.
May 2000Thunderstorm WindPort Dickinson-Thunderstorm winds brought a tree down on a house.
July 2025HailPort Dickinson-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
Sunrise Terrace1.0 miles23
Popes Ravine1.8 miles24
Hinmans Corners1.9 miles23
Fortress Estates2.5 miles23
Choconut Center2.6 miles23
Binghamton2.7 miles23
Stella (historical)2.8 miles23
Chenango Bridge2.9 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.

Wikipedia article on Port DickinsonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3452586The 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.