Fort Drum

Fort Drum
Jefferson County, New York Near Watertown
1st Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment, on a run
Area	107,265 acres (434.09 km2)
Site information
Owner	U.S. Army
Controlled by	10th Mountain Division
Website	www.army.mil/drum
Site history
Built	1908
In use	1908-present

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Fort Drum, New York
Census-designated place
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Coordinates: 44°3′15″N 75°47′13″W / 44.05417°N 75.78694°W / 44.05417; -75.78694[1]
Country	United States
State	New York
County	Jefferson
Town	Le Ray
Area [2]
• Total	14.45 sq mi (37.43 km2)
• Land	14.34 sq mi (37.14 km2)
• Water	0.11 sq mi (0.29 km2)
Elevation	590 ft (180 m)
Population  (2020)
• Total	15,896
• Density	1,108.51/sq mi (428.01/km2)
Time zone	UTC−5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
ZIP Codes	13602–13603
Area code	315
FIPS code	36-26759

Fort Drum is a U.S. Army military reservation and a census-designated place (CDP) in Jefferson County, near the western border of northern New York, United States. The population of the CDP portion of the base was 12,955 at the 2010 census.^[3] It is home to the 10th Mountain Division.

Fort Drum consists of 107,265 acres (434.09 km²). In this region, winter temperatures can reach as low as −30 °F (−34 °C).^[4] Its mission includes command of active component units assigned to the installation, providing administrative and logistical support to tenant units, support to active and reserve units from all services in training at Fort Drum, and planning and support for the mobilization and training of almost 80,000 troops annually.