Editing Port Dickinson, New York (section)

==Geography==
Port Dickinson is located at {{coord|42|8|14|N|75|53|40|W|type:city}} (42.137175, -75.894321).<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=April 23, 2011|date=February 12, 2011|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref>

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the village has a total area of {{convert|1.9|km2|disp=flip}}, of which {{convert|1.7|km2|disp=flip}} is land and {{convert|0.2|km2|disp=flip}}, or 10.92%, is water.<ref name="Census 2010"/>

[[New York State Route 7]] is a major highway through the village. Port Dickinson is near the junctions of major highways, including [[Interstate 81 in New York|Interstate 81]], [[Interstate 88 (New York)|Interstate 88]], and [[New York State Route 17]].

===Adjacent towns and areas===
The town of [[Fenton, New York|Fenton]] and its neighborhood of [[Hillcrest, Broome County, New York|Hillcrest]] border Port Dickinson on the north, while the city of [[Binghamton, New York|Binghamton]] borders it on the south. It is bordered on the west by the [[Chenango River]], a tributary of the [[Susquehanna River]], and on the east by the [[Canadian Pacific Railway]], beyond which is additional unincorporated land in the town of Dickinson.

===Flooding history===
Several major [[flood]]s have occurred in the area. An earth levee along the Chenango River and [[Phelps Creek]] and the channel excavation of Phelps Creek in 1943 by the [[US Army Corps of Engineers]] helped reduce the devastation that was brought on by earlier floods of the Susquehanna River basin. These floods included ones in 1810, 1865, 1889, 1894, 1935, 1936, 2006, and most recently, 2011. In 1949, the US Army Corps of Engineers excavated a {{convert|1300|ft|adj=on}} pilot channel and removed foundation pilings along the Chenango River. Minor floods have occurred since then about once every 10 years, although the average length between floods is 20 years for the Chenango River in general.