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.
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 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
- Hiram Hubbard Houselisted 2009
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 19 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
- 1942 USGS Copenhagen quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Copenhagen 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
109 since 2000Regional 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/undetermined | 71 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 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 |
| 26 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 23 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 2 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 |
| 3 August 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 18 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Church Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Cole Road Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Freeman Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Harpers Ferry Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
5 since 2010Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2010 | Flood | Champion | $15,000 | no account filed |
| March 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Champion | $2,000 | Trees and wires downed in the Town of Champion. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Champion | $2,000 | Reports of multiple trees and wires down. |
| August 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Champion | $2,000 | Trees and wires were downed. |
| July 2023 | Lightning | Champion | $500 | A tree was struck by lightning and set on fire in the town of Champion. |
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 | 4.1 miles | 20 | |
| Carthage | 4.4 miles | 20 | |
| Herrings | 4.7 miles | 18 | |
| Deferiet | 5.1 miles | 18 | |
| Great Bend | 5.2 miles | 18 | |
| Felts Mills | 5.7 miles | 21 | |
| Rutland Center | 6.2 miles | 23 | |
| Black River | 6.5 miles | 21 |
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.









