BlockBefore

Castle Creek, New York

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Chenango town. It lies in ZIP code area 13744. It stands on Potato Creek. The Survey maps it on the Castle Creek quadrangle. It stands 1,050 feet above sea level.

Castle Creek within Broome County

Then and now

1904 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 81 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Castle Creek, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Castle Creek, surveyed 1904

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 23 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

124 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 124 fires within 5 miles of Castle Creek between 1992 and 2020, burning about 146 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 12 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/undetermined46
Debris and open burning24
Equipment and vehicle use13
Arson/incendiarism12
Smoking10
Natural8
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Recreation and ceremony2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
6 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
21 September 2003Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
20 September 2015Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
18 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 August 2010Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
27 August 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Broome County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Castle Creek: 3 producers, 2 past producers. 3 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Chenango Bridge PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
O Brien PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Rose PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Rose Pit and PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Serafini PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Broome County

Storms near this place

20 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Castle Creek in 20 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 9 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 4 flash flood, 1 tornado. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
September 2011Flash FloodCastle Creek$10,000,000Catastrophic flooding occurred in Castle Creek. Numerous roads, homes and bridges were severely damaged.
September 2011Flash FloodCastle Creek$10,000,000Catastrophic flooding occurring along the Castle Creek. Numerous roads, homes and bridges were severely damaged.
February 2024Tornado (EF0)Castle Creek$30,000A line of showers and thunderstorms along a powerful cold |front, produced widespread winds of 40-55 mph across the area. |However, embedded within the line, a NWS storm survey confirmed that |a shortly-lived tornado spun up on Brooks Road, just west of its intersection with |Route 11 Castle Creek Road. The tornado then crossed Route 11 |with a path of enhanced damage especially focused on two |properties between Route 11 and Interstate 81. Numerous large |trees, a mix of softwoods and hardwoods, were uprooted or |snapped. A large chimney came down on the roof of a residence, |damaging it. A gazebo on the property was lofted and destroyed.|A barn of the same residence had an entire wall and portions of |the roof sheared off of the structure. Pieces of the |barn could be found in the form of missiles, deeply impaling the |ground. Numerous tree branches and other wood pieces throughout |the path similarly impaled the ground. As the tornado continued, |it moved two hay wagons at least 100 feet, totally dismantling |one of them and heavily bending the other. A corridor of tree |damage could be found in the woods across the field, before it |ended at the Castle Creek stream itself just before reaching |Interstate 81.
May 2015Thunderstorm WindCastle Creek$30,000State official reported thunderstorm winds caused trees to uproot and wires knocked down. Multiple power outages were reported from this storm.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindCastle Creek$10,000Strong thunderstorm winds brought down trees and wires.
July 1999Thunderstorm WindCastle Creek$5,000An uprooted tree landed on a mobile home causing minor damage.
August 1995Thunderstorm WindCastle Creek$5,000no account filed
July 2024Flash FloodCastle Creek$2,000Potato Creek was out of its banks and rushing up to 6 inches deep over the bridge crossing Route 11.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindCastle Creek$2,000Strong thunderstorm winds knocked over 2 greenhouses.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindCastle Creek$1,000Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down a tree onto Brooks Road.
August 2021Thunderstorm WindCastle Creek$1,000Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down wires onto roadway.
May 2000Thunderstorm WindCastle Creek-Thunderstorm winds blew a tree onto wires.
July 2000Flash FloodCastle Creek-Flash flooding from heavy thunderstorm rains caused washouts on numerous roads. Large rocks and mud caused East Hill Road, Speed Road, Mix Road, Oak Hill Road and portions of Route 11 to be closed. Fox Road and Route 12 also experienced damage but remained open. Flooding was also reported along Castle Creek.
August 2000Thunderstorm WindCastle Creek-Thunderstorm winds brought down numerous trees and power lines in Castle Creek.
May 2015HailCastle Creek-no account filed
June 2011HailCastle Creek-no account filed
July 2004HailCastle Creek-no account filed
June 2002HailCastle Creek-no account filed
May 2000HailCastle Creek-no account filed
July 1994HailCastle Creek-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Broome County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
West Chenango3.0 miles23
Newmans Corner3.2 miles23
Glen Castle3.4 miles23
Kattellville3.7 miles24
Chenango Forks3.8 miles24
New Ireland3.9 miles23
Fortress Estates4.1 miles23
Hydeville4.2 miles17

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 Castle CreekAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q48740446The 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 945984. 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.