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Sackets Harbor, New York

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Hounsfield town. It lies in ZIP code area 13685. It stands on Mill Creek. The Survey maps it on the Sackets Harbor quadrangle. 1,351 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 282 feet above sea level.

Sackets Harbor within Jefferson County

Then and now

1893 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 92 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Sackets Harbor, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Sackets Harbor, surveyed 1893

On record in Sackets Harbor

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 6 records

Population over time

2 figures

Sackets Harbor fell from 1,450 to 1,351 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
20101,450
20201,351-99 (-7%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 20 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

87 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 87 fires within 5 miles of Sackets Harbor between 2002 and 2020, burning about 76 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 13 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/undetermined43
Arson/incendiarism13
Natural12
Debris and open burning9
Smoking5
Equipment and vehicle use3
Misuse of fire by a minor1
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
7 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 September 2007Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
30 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
29 September 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
24 September 2010Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
24 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
24 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
24 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jefferson County

Storms near this place

15 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sackets Harbor in 15 storm reports between 2002 and 2024: 12 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2024Thunderstorm WindSackets Harbor1 hurtTree damage in Sackets Harbor. At least 1 tree fell on a house with injuries.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindSackets Harbor$15,000Officials reported trees and wires downed by thunderstorm winds.
July 2002Thunderstorm WindSackets Harbor$15,000no account filed
June 2011Thunderstorm WindSackets Harbor$12,000no account filed
May 2013Thunderstorm WindSackets Harbor$10,000Law enforcement reported trees downed by thunderstorm winds.
August 2005Thunderstorm WindSackets Harbor$10,000no account filed
August 2005HailSackets Harbor$5,000no account filed
July 2024Thunderstorm WindSackets Harbor$2,000Trees and powerlines downed in Sackets Harbor.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindSackets Harbor$2,000Several trees and wires were reported down.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindSackets Harbor$500A tree was downed on Military Road.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindSackets Harbor$500A tree was downed along Route 3.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindSackets Harbor-Reports of numerous trees and wires down from both social media and law enforcement across Sackets Harbor. Time estimated based on radar.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindSackets Harbor-NWS Storm Survey revealed downburst wind damage from 7/16 in the Village of Sackets Harbor, Town of Hounsfield, Pillar Point, and the Town of Brownville. Maximum wind estimated at 80 mph. Damage length of 3.0 miles. Damage width of 4000 yards.
July 2010HailSackets Harbor-no account filed
July 2010HailSackets Harbor-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Jefferson 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
Boultons Beach1.1 miles20
Jewettville1.6 miles20
Pillar Point1.7 miles20
Camps Mills2.6 miles20
Baggs Corner3.3 miles20
Adams Cove4.7 miles16
Smithville4.9 miles20
Sulphur Springs5.0 miles20

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 Sackets HarborAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1973465The 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 963166. 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.

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.