Stamford, New York
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Stamford town. It lies in ZIP code area 12167. It lies near Churchill Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Stamford quadrangle. 1,040 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,818 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1904 to 1986The same ground, surveyed 82 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


On record in Stamford
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 2 records
- Churchill Park Historic Districtlisted 1980
- Erskine L. Seeley Houselisted 2010
Population over time
2 figuresStamford fell from 1,119 to 1,040 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 | 1,119 | |
| 2020 | 1,040 | -79 (-7%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 17 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 Hobart quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1945 USGS Stamford quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1946 USGS Stamford quadrangle1:31680
- 1948 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Pepacton Reservoir quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
57 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 57 fires within 5 miles of Stamford between 1999 and 2020, burning about 103 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 9 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 | 23 |
| Natural | 11 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 17 September 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 12 August 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 17 July 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 13 July 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 6 June 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 27 June 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 27 June 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:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Stamford: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Town of Harpersfield Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
8 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Stamford in 8 storm reports between 2005 and 2025: 6 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stamford | $10,000 | Strong thunderstorm winds brought down trees on powerlines along Railroad Avenue. |
| October 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stamford | $10,000 | Strong thunderstorm winds brought down trees and powerlines on Terry Road. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stamford | $5,000 | Strong thunderstorm winds brought down trees across Highway 10. |
| March 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stamford | $3,000 | Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down trees and wires. |
| June 2025 | Flash Flood | Stamford | $2,000 | Flooding was occurring near the intersection of Odell Lake Road and State Route 23. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stamford | $2,000 | Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down a tree and wires. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stamford | - | Trees and wires were blown down. |
| June 2005 | Hail | Stamford | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hobart | 3.9 miles | 16 | |
| Harpersfield | 4.4 miles | 16 | |
| West Harpersfield | 6.1 miles | 16 | |
| North Harpersfield | 6.1 miles | 16 | |
| Hardscrabble | 6.2 miles | 17 | |
| Grand Gorge (historical) | 6.6 miles | 17 | |
| North Kortright | 6.9 miles | 16 | |
| South Kortright | 7.1 miles | 16 |
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 Stamford | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2836455 | 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 966210. 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.







