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Champion, New York

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Champion town. It lies in ZIP code area 13619. The Survey maps it on the Copenhagen quadrangle.

Champion within Jefferson County

Then and now

1902 to 1985

The 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.

Topographic sheet of Champion, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Champion, surveyed 1902

On record in Champion

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 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 19 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

109 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 109 fires within 5 miles of Champion between 2000 and 2020, burning about 90 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 13 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/undetermined71
Arson/incendiarism13
Equipment and vehicle use8
Debris and open burning7
Natural7
Smoking1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
30 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
26 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
23 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
2 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
3 August 2001Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
18 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jefferson 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 Champion: 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
Church PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Cole Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Freeman PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Harpers Ferry PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Jefferson County

Storms near this place

5 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Champion in 5 storm reports between 2010 and 2025: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood, 1 lightning. 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 2010FloodChampion$15,000no account filed
March 2025Thunderstorm WindChampion$2,000Trees and wires downed in the Town of Champion.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindChampion$2,000Reports of multiple trees and wires down.
August 2022Thunderstorm WindChampion$2,000Trees and wires were downed.
July 2023LightningChampion$500A tree was struck by lightning and set on fire in the town of Champion.

Every storm recorded in Jefferson 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 Carthage4.1 miles20
Carthage4.4 miles20
Herrings4.7 miles18
Deferiet5.1 miles18
Great Bend5.2 miles18
Felts Mills5.7 miles21
Rutland Center6.2 miles23
Black River6.5 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 946358. 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.