Chateaugay, New York
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Chateaugay town. It lies in ZIP code area 12920. It stands on Bailey Brook. The Survey maps it on the Chateaugay quadrangle. 735 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 938 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1915 to 1994The same ground, surveyed 79 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


On record in Chateaugay
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
- U.S. Inspection Station-Chateaugay, New Yorklisted 2014
Population over time
2 figuresChateaugay fell from 833 to 735 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 833 | |
| 2020 | 735 | -98 (-12%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 16 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.
- 1915 USGS Chateaugay quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1943 USGS Chateaugay quadrangle1:62500
- 1948 USGS Ogdensburg quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1951 USGS Ogdensburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Ogdensburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Ogdensburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Chateaugay quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Massena quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Chateaugay quadrangle1:24000
- 1994 USGS Massena quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
74 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 74 fires within 5 miles of Chateaugay between 1999 and 2020, burning about 104 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 11 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 | 44 |
| Debris and open burning | 11 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 11 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 6 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 6 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 10 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.1 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 9 August 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 26 August 2004 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 8 July 2018 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 6 July 2014 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Chateaugay: 3 producers, 2 past producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lawrence Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Willis Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Franklin-Clinton Sandstone Co Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | 1958, 1962 | |
| Franklin-Clinton Sandstone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | 1958, 1962 | |
| Northern Adirondack Quarries | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
11 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Chateaugay in 11 storm reports between 1993 and 2024: 8 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chateaugay | $20,000 | Numerous trees and utility lines downed by thunderstorm winds. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chateaugay | $10,000 | Trees and branches downed by thunderstorm winds in Chateaugay. |
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chateaugay | $5,000 | A few trees down in Chateguay, including Chasm road. |
| September 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chateaugay | $5,000 | A few trees and large branches reported down. |
| August 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chateaugay | $5,000 | Severe thunderstorm winds downed trees across County Road 39 in the Town of Chateaugay near the Quebec Border and also downed major power lines along Route 374. |
| August 2004 | Lightning | Chateaugay | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chateaugay | $2,000 | Trees down blocking Cassidy road at Sancomb road. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chateaugay | $2,000 | A few scattered trees downed by thunderstorm winds. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chateaugay | $2,000 | A measured wind gust of 67 mph as well as some tree limbs and small trees down. |
| June 2012 | Hail | Chateaugay | - | Quarter size hail reported and covering the ground. |
| June 2005 | Hail | Chateaugay | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brayton Hollow | 2.7 miles | 14 | |
| Thayer Corners | 3.3 miles | 14 | |
| Earlville | 3.4 miles | 17 | |
| Cooks Mill | 3.7 miles | 15 | |
| Burke | 5.0 miles | 14 | |
| Burke Center | 5.3 miles | 14 | |
| Brainardsville | 5.3 miles | 14 | |
| Sun | 5.8 miles | 14 |
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 Chateaugay | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3460865 | 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 946443. 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.









