Carthage, New York
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Wilna town. It lies in ZIP code area 13619. It lies near Wind Island. The Survey maps it on the Carthage quadrangle. 3,236 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 768 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1902 to 1985The same ground, surveyed 83 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


On record in Carthage
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 3 records
First Baptist Church and Cook Memorial Buildinglisted 2005
State Street Historic Districtlisted 1983- US Post Office-Carthagelisted 1988
Population over time
2 figuresCarthage fell from 3,747 to 3,236 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 | 3,747 | |
| 2020 | 3,236 | -511 (-14%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 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.
- 1902 USGS Carthage quadrangle1:62500
- 1904 USGS Carthage quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
- 1943 USGS Carthage quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1943 USGS Carthage quadrangle1:31680
- 1950 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1964 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Watertown quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
97 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 97 fires within 5 miles of Carthage between 2001 and 2020, burning about 74 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 2 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 | 79 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 30 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 3 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 28 September 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 26 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 |
| 3 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Carthage: 1 past producer, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Aluminum, Calcium, Iron, Sodium, Titanium, Water, Free. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carthage Region Anorthosite | Aluminum, Calcium, Iron, Sodium, Titanium, Water, Free | Prospect | Surface | |
| Cole Road Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
13 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Carthage in 13 storm reports between 2002 and 2024: 12 thunderstorm wind, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | West Carthage | $15,000 | no account filed |
| August 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carthage | $12,000 | Law enforcement reported trees and power lines down by thunderstorm winds. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | West Carthage | $10,000 | Law enforcement reported trees and wires downed by thunderstorm winds. |
| August 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carthage | $10,000 | Law enforcement reported trees downed by thunderstorm winds. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carthage | $10,000 | Law enforcement reported trees down. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carthage | $10,000 | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carthage | $10,000 | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carthage | $8,000 | no account filed |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carthage | $2,000 | Reports of multiple trees and wires down. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carthage | $2,000 | A tree was downed onto power lines in the town of Wilna. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carthage | $2,000 | Multiple trees were snapped and felled. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | West Carthage | $500 | A tree was reported down on Old Martin Road in the Town of Champion. |
| August 2024 | Flood | West Carthage | - | Road closed due to flooding in West Carthage. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Carthage | 0.4 miles | 20 | |
| Herrings | 3.9 miles | 18 | |
| Fargo | 4.1 miles | 18 | |
| Champion | 4.4 miles | 19 | |
| Deferiet | 5.6 miles | 18 | |
| Hubbard Crossing | 6.0 miles | 18 | |
| Cowan Corner | 6.2 miles | 18 | |
| Karter | 6.2 miles | 18 |
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 Carthage | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q533728 | 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 969965. 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.









