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.
Then and now
1893 to 1985The 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.


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
Elisha Camp Houselisted 1973
Galloo Island Lightlisted 1983
Madison Barrackslisted 1974
Sackets Harbor Battlefieldlisted 1974
Union Hotellisted 1972- Sackets Harbor Village Historic Districtlisted 1983
Population over time
2 figuresSackets 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,450 | |
| 2020 | 1,351 | -99 (-7%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 20 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.
- 1893 USGS Sackets Harbor quadrangle1:62500
- 1895 USGS Sackets Harbor quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1895 USGS Sacketts Harbor quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1943 USGS Sackets Harbor quadrangle1:31680
- 1959 USGS Sackets Harbor quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1965 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Pulaski quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
87 since 2002Regional 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/undetermined | 43 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 13 |
| Natural | 12 |
| Debris and open burning | 9 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 4 September 2007 | Smoking | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 30 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 29 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 24 September 2010 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 24 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 24 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 24 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
15 since 2002Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sackets Harbor | 1 hurt | Tree damage in Sackets Harbor. At least 1 tree fell on a house with injuries. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sackets Harbor | $15,000 | Officials reported trees and wires downed by thunderstorm winds. |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sackets Harbor | $15,000 | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sackets Harbor | $12,000 | no account filed |
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sackets Harbor | $10,000 | Law enforcement reported trees downed by thunderstorm winds. |
| August 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sackets Harbor | $10,000 | no account filed |
| August 2005 | Hail | Sackets Harbor | $5,000 | no account filed |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sackets Harbor | $2,000 | Trees and powerlines downed in Sackets Harbor. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sackets Harbor | $2,000 | Several trees and wires were reported down. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sackets Harbor | $500 | A tree was downed on Military Road. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sackets Harbor | $500 | A tree was downed along Route 3. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sackets Harbor | - | Reports of numerous trees and wires down from both social media and law enforcement across Sackets Harbor. Time estimated based on radar. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sackets 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 2010 | Hail | Sackets Harbor | - | no account filed |
| July 2010 | Hail | Sackets Harbor | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boultons Beach | 1.1 miles | 20 | |
| Jewettville | 1.6 miles | 20 | |
| Pillar Point | 1.7 miles | 20 | |
| Camps Mills | 2.6 miles | 20 | |
| Baggs Corner | 3.3 miles | 20 | |
| Adams Cove | 4.7 miles | 16 | |
| Smithville | 4.9 miles | 20 | |
| Sulphur Springs | 5.0 miles | 20 |
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 Harbor | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1973465 | 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 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.








