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Chambers, New York

29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Catlin town. It lies in ZIP code area 14812. It stands on East Creek. The Survey maps it on the Beaver Dams quadrangle.

Chambers within Chemung County

Then and now

1898 to 1992

The same ground, surveyed 94 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Chambers, surveyed 1992
Topographic sheet of Chambers, surveyed 1898

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 29 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

96 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 96 fires within 5 miles of Chambers between 1992 and 2020, burning about 146 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 7 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/undetermined53
Debris and open burning18
Equipment and vehicle use12
Arson/incendiarism7
Smoking3
Natural2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
17 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
13 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
21 August 2016Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
17 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresFire Department of New YorkNA
13 August 2002Misuse of fire by a minor2.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
12 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
1 August 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
25 July 2016Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Chemung County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Chambers: 3 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. 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
Beavers Dam PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Beavers Dam PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Hoke PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Town of Dix PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Chemung County

Storms near this place

2 since 2013

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Chambers in 2 storm reports between 2013 and 2019: 1 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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
August 2013Flash FloodChambers$75,000Extensive flooding was reported along State Route 414. Water was covering roads in several areas and was into houses.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindChambers$5,000Strong thunderstorm winds brought down a tree on Chambers Road.

Every storm recorded in Chemung 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
Post Creek1.9 miles32
Tompkins Corners5.5 miles32
Collingwood5.6 miles32
Brookhaven6.3 miles31
Midway6.4 miles31
Pine Valley6.4 miles32
Millport6.5 miles31
Fisherville8.7 miles32

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 946350. 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.