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Chaseville, New York

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Maryland town. It lies in ZIP code area 12116. It stands on Elk Creek. The Survey maps it on the Schenevus quadrangle.

Chaseville within Otsego County

Then and now

1907 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 78 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Chaseville, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Chaseville, surveyed 1907

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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

44 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 44 fires within 5 miles of Chaseville between 2003 and 2016, burning about 68 acres in total. 1 started naturally. None was 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/undetermined34
Recreation and ceremony5
Equipment and vehicle use3
Natural1
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
8 August 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
9 July 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 July 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
27 July 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
27 June 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
19 June 2007Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
21 May 2009Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
21 May 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.5 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Otsego County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Chaseville: 1 producer. All of them 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Hillis Gravel BankSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Otsego 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
Maryland1.6 miles19
Schenevus2.0 miles19
Elk Creek3.9 miles19
Tuscan5.6 miles19
Milford5.8 miles19
South Worcester5.9 miles17
Portlandville5.9 miles19
Westville6.1 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 946442. 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.