Chatham Center, New York
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Chatham town. It lies in ZIP code area 12184. It stands on Stony Kill. The Survey maps it on the East Chatham quadrangle.
Then and now
1903 to 1986The 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 Chatham Center
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 within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
- Van Valkenburgh, James G. Houselisted 2002 · 0.4 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 21 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.
- 1903 USGS Kinderhook quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
- 1933 USGS Kinderhook quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1948 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Kinderhook quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS East Chatham quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Pittsfield quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
168 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 168 fires within 5 miles of Chatham Center between 1992 and 2020, burning about 218 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 25 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 | 67 |
| Debris and open burning | 33 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 25 |
| Natural | 13 |
| Smoking | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 4 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 26 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 23 September 2010 | Smoking | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 22 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 19 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 15 September 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 10 September 2009 | Smoking | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
13 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Chatham Center in 13 storm reports between 1999 and 2024: 11 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. 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 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chatham Center | $4,000 | no account filed |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chatham Center | - | A tree and wires were downed along Route 28A. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chatham Center | - | A tree and wires were downed along Route 13. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chatham Center | - | Two trees and wires were downed on Highland Road. One of the downed trees is at the intersection of Highland Road and Rock City Road. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chatham Center | - | A tree and wires were downed on Sullivan Road near Sutherland Road near Valatie. |
| August 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chatham Center | - | A tree and wires were downed on Highland Road in the Town of Chatham. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chatham Center | - | Utility pole reported down along Hicks Road. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chatham Center | - | A tree was downed on Harris Road. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chatham Center | - | Power lines were reported down on Harris Road, off County Route 28, in the town of Chatham, as a result of thunderstorm winds. |
| May 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chatham Center | - | Trees were reported down on Shadow Church Lane near Valatie as a result of thunderstorm winds. |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chatham Center | - | Power lines were reported down near Route 13 in Chatham due to strong thunderstorm winds. |
| June 2009 | Hail | Chatham Center | - | A mixture of pea to penny size hail was reported in Chatham Center during a thunderstorm. |
| May 2018 | Hail | Chatham Center | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Golden Acres | 1.0 miles | 21 | |
| Rock City | 2.2 miles | 21 | |
| Niverville | 2.9 miles | 21 | |
| Valatie | 3.2 miles | 21 | |
| Old Chatham | 3.2 miles | 21 | |
| Valatie Colony | 3.3 miles | 21 | |
| North Chatham | 3.8 miles | 21 | |
| Chatham | 3.9 miles | 23 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 946449. 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.









