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.
Then and now
1904 to 1985The 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 sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 23 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.
- 1904 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:62500, 9 printings
- 1934 USGS Castle Creek quadrangle1:24000
- 1942 USGS Castle Creek quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
- 1942 USGS Castle Creek quadrangle1:24000
- 1948 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Castle Creek quadrangle1:24000
- 1963 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Castle Creek quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
124 since 1992Regional 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/undetermined | 46 |
| Debris and open burning | 24 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 13 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 12 |
| Smoking | 10 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 3 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 21 September 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 20 September 2015 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 18 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 8 August 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 5 August 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 27 August 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chenango Bridge Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| O Brien Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Rose Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Rose Pit and Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Serafini Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
20 since 1994Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2011 | Flash Flood | Castle Creek | $10,000,000 | Catastrophic flooding occurred in Castle Creek. Numerous roads, homes and bridges were severely damaged. |
| September 2011 | Flash Flood | Castle Creek | $10,000,000 | Catastrophic flooding occurring along the Castle Creek. Numerous roads, homes and bridges were severely damaged. |
| February 2024 | Tornado (EF0) | Castle Creek | $30,000 | A 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 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Castle Creek | $30,000 | State official reported thunderstorm winds caused trees to uproot and wires knocked down. Multiple power outages were reported from this storm. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Castle Creek | $10,000 | Strong thunderstorm winds brought down trees and wires. |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Castle Creek | $5,000 | An uprooted tree landed on a mobile home causing minor damage. |
| August 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Castle Creek | $5,000 | no account filed |
| July 2024 | Flash Flood | Castle Creek | $2,000 | Potato Creek was out of its banks and rushing up to 6 inches deep over the bridge crossing Route 11. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Castle Creek | $2,000 | Strong thunderstorm winds knocked over 2 greenhouses. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Castle Creek | $1,000 | Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down a tree onto Brooks Road. |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Castle Creek | $1,000 | Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down wires onto roadway. |
| May 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Castle Creek | - | Thunderstorm winds blew a tree onto wires. |
| July 2000 | Flash Flood | Castle 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 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Castle Creek | - | Thunderstorm winds brought down numerous trees and power lines in Castle Creek. |
| May 2015 | Hail | Castle Creek | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Castle Creek | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Hail | Castle Creek | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Hail | Castle Creek | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Hail | Castle Creek | - | no account filed |
| July 1994 | Hail | Castle Creek | - | no account filed |
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 Chenango | 3.0 miles | 23 | |
| Newmans Corner | 3.2 miles | 23 | |
| Glen Castle | 3.4 miles | 23 | |
| Kattellville | 3.7 miles | 24 | |
| Chenango Forks | 3.8 miles | 24 | |
| New Ireland | 3.9 miles | 23 | |
| Fortress Estates | 4.1 miles | 23 | |
| Hydeville | 4.2 miles | 17 |
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 Creek | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q48740446 | 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 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.










