Charlotteville, New York
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Summit town. It lies in ZIP code area 12036. It lies near Wayman Hill. The Survey maps it on the Charlotteville quadrangle. It stands 1,604 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.


On record in Charlotteville
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
Bute-Warner-Truax Farmlisted 1985
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 17 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 Richmondville quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1943 USGS Charlotteville quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1945 USGS Charlotteville quadrangle1:31680
- 1948 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Amsterdam quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
59 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 59 fires within 5 miles of Charlotteville between 1993 and 2017, burning about 84 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 8 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 | 24 |
| Debris and open burning | 11 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 21 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 21 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 19 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 1 September 2015 | Other causes | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 16 August 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 25 July 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 24 July 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
10 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Charlotteville in 10 storm reports between 1997 and 2024: 7 thunderstorm wind, 3 flood. The reports record 5 injuries. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Charlotteville | 5 hurt, $100,000 | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Charlotteville | $22,000 | no account filed |
| April 2022 | Flood | Charlotteville | $20,000 | Flooding occurred in multiple areas within Schoharie County including Seward, Richmondville, Cobleskill, Breakabeen and Gilboa, causing roads to close. Heavy rainfall led to a mudslide on Flat Creek Road near Gilboa. |
| September 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Charlotteville | $13,000 | no account filed |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Charlotteville | $1,000 | A large tree was downed along Charlotte Valley Road near Charlotteville. |
| September 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Charlotteville | - | A couple of trees were down in the town of Summit near Clapper Hollow. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Charlotteville | - | A silo was blown over at Stone Ridge Drive and Meade Road. |
| January 2010 | Flood | Charlotteville | - | Widespread flooding was reported and significant runoff continued across Schoharie County. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Charlotteville | - | Trees and wires were reported down in Charlotteville due to strong thunderstorm winds. |
| June 2006 | Flood | Charlotteville | - | A trained spotter reported that a small bridge was flooded at Charlotteville. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabia | 1.7 miles | 17 | |
| Lutheranville | 3.0 miles | 17 | |
| Summit | 4.7 miles | 17 | |
| West Jefferson | 4.9 miles | 16 | |
| Jefferson | 5.3 miles | 17 | |
| East Jefferson | 5.3 miles | 17 | |
| Vorman Corners | 6.6 miles | 17 | |
| Eminence | 7.0 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 Charlotteville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q16890186 | 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 946420. 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.
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.







