Port Jervis, New York
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1997. It stands in Port Jervis City. It lies in ZIP code area 12771. It lies near Delaware River Gorge. The Survey maps it on the Port Jervis North quadrangle. 8,775 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 400 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1906 to 1997The same ground, surveyed 91 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1906 against another survey:
On record in Port Jervis
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 3 records
Erie Railroad Stationlisted 1980
Fort Deckerlisted 1974
US Post Office-Port Jervislisted 1989
Population over time
2 figuresPort Jervis fell from 8,828 to 8,775 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 | 8,828 | |
| 2020 | 8,775 | -53 (-1%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 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.
- 1906 USGS Port Jervis quadrangle1:62500
- 1908 USGS Port Jervis quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1942 USGS Port Jervis North quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Port Jervis North quadrangle1:31680
- 1950 USGS Scranton quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Scranton quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Scranton quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Scranton quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Scranton quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1969 USGS Port Jervis North quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Middletown quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1992 USGS Port Jervis North quadrangle1:24000
- 1997 USGS Port Jervis North quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
270 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 270 fires within 5 miles of Port Jervis between 1994 and 2020, burning about 257 acres in total. 15 started naturally. 31 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 | 115 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 31 |
| Debris and open burning | 27 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 24 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 20 |
| Smoking | 17 |
| Natural | 15 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 7 |
| Other causes | 5 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 5 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 21 September 2016 | Other causes | under an acre | New Jersey Forest Fire Service | not named |
| 21 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 20 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 19 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 11 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Port Jervis: 3 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delaware Valley Sand & Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Port Jervis Pit and Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Sandford Nearpass Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | 1868, 1900 | |
| William Nearpass Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | 1868, 1900 |
Storms near this place
19 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Port Jervis in 19 storm reports between 1995 and 2023: 12 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 3 hail, 1 lightning. The reports record 1 injury. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2000 | Lightning | Port Jervis | 1 hurt | no account filed |
| September 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Port Jervis | $5,000 | Multiple reports of downed tree limbs and power lines across Port Jervis. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Port Jervis | $4,000 | Large tree down in front of the Port Jervis Fire Department. |
| August 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Port Jervis | $3,000 | Multiple trees and wires were reported down across the town, especially near Main Street and the Acre neighborhood. |
| June 2020 | Hail | Port Jervis | - | Hail just smaller than a golf ball reported by the Port Jervis Police on East Main Street at Jersey Avenue. |
| September 2012 | Flash Flood | Port Jervis | - | Heavy rain resulted in ponding of water 1 1/2 to 2 1/2 ft. high in the streets of the 4th ward of Port Jervis, which caused basement flooding in several homes. The department of public works reported 3.25 inches of rainfall in an hour. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Port Jervis | - | Port Jervis police reported multiple trees down across the city of Port Jervis. |
| December 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Port Jervis | - | Law enforcement reported downed trees and power lines. |
| June 2005 | Hail | Port Jervis | - | Quarter size hail in Port Jervis, Middletown, and Pine Island between 1:50 pm and 2:05 pm local daylight time. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Port Jervis | - | A line of thunderstorms entered Orange county around 3:11 pm local time around the town of Port Jervis, downing trees and power lines. The line proceeded to the east, knocking down trees and power lines countywide through about 3:45 pm local time. |
| August 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Port Jervis | - | A trained spotter reported trees down due to high winds in Port Jervis. Law enforcement officials reported downed trees and power lines in Walden at 16:15 EST. |
| September 2004 | Flash Flood | Port Jervis | - | Torrential rains resulted in flash flooding on nearly all roads in Port Jervis. A state of Emergency was declared by the Mayor. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Port Jervis | - | Law Enforcement reported that large tree branches and power lines were knocked down by strong thunderstorm winds. |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Port Jervis | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Port Jervis | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Port Jervis | - | no account filed |
| September 1996 | Flash Flood | Port Jervis | - | no account filed |
| September 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Port Jervis | - | no account filed |
| April 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Port Jervis | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germantown | 0.8 miles | 23 | |
| Tristates | 1.1 miles | 24 | |
| Sparrow Bush | 2.4 miles | 23 | |
| Smith Corners | 4.1 miles | 22 | |
| Greenville | 4.2 miles | 22 | |
| Huguenot | 4.4 miles | 23 | |
| Shin Hollow | 4.6 miles | 19 | |
| Cahoonzie | 5.3 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 Port Jervis | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q976675 | 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 960971. 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.












