Sackets Harbor Battlefield

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974. 10 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1893.

From the record

“Sackets Harbor Battlefield State Historic Site is a historically important location in Jefferson County, New York, United States. The historic site is south of the Village of Sackets Harbor, bordering Lake Ontario in the Town of Hounsfield.”
Wikipedia article Sackets Harbor Battlefield State Historic Site, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 144 National Register listings published here for Jefferson County · listed in 1974 · category: Site.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

Address. Coastline and area from Sackets Harbor SW to and including Horse Island, Sackets Harbor, 13685
When was it listed? December 1974
Category. site
Town. Hounsfield town
National Register reference number. 74001247 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.

Fires near this property

78 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 78 fires within 5 miles of Sackets Harbor Battlefield between 2002 and 2020, burning about 70 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 11 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	38
Arson/incendiarism	11
Natural	10
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
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
23 September 2007	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named

Every fire recorded in Jefferson County

Storms near this property

15 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sackets Harbor, the town this property stands in, 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

Every storm recorded in Jefferson County

Maps showing this location

10 surveys

United States Geological Survey topographic sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the middle of the area the National Park Service maps for this listing, then testing that coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet.

1893 USGS Sackets Harbor quadrangle1:62500
1895 USGS Sackets Harbor quadrangle1:62500 - 4 printings
1895 USGS Sacketts Harbor quadrangle1:62500 - 4 printings
1942 USGS Henderson Bay quadrangle1:31680
1959 USGS Henderson Bay quadrangle1:24000
1960 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
1961 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:250000 - 3 printings
1965 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:250000
1980 USGS Henderson Bay quadrangle1:24000
1985 USGS Pulaski quadrangle1:100000 - 2 printings

Listed places nearby

6 within 8 miles

Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.

Property	Distance	Listed
Union Hotel	0.5 miles	1972
Sackets Harbor Village Historic District	0.7 miles	1983
Elisha Camp House	0.8 miles	1973
Madison Barracks	1.3 miles	1974
Shore Farm	1.6 miles	1989
District School No. 20	1.8 miles	1989

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 74001247 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Jefferson County	All 144 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
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.