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Chazy, New York

28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 2000. It stands in Chazy town. It lies in ZIP code area 12921. It stands on Tracy Brook. The Survey maps it on the Champlain quadrangle.

Chazy within Clinton County

Then and now

1895 to 2000

The same ground, surveyed 105 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Chazy, surveyed 2000
Topographic sheet of Chazy, surveyed 1895

Compare 1895 against another survey:

On record in Chazy

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

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 28 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

139 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 139 fires within 5 miles of Chazy between 1995 and 2020, burning about 186 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 24 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/undetermined66
Debris and open burning25
Arson/incendiarism24
Smoking11
Natural7
Equipment and vehicle use3
Recreation and ceremony2
Other causes1

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
25 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
20 September 2009Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
20 September 2009Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
18 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
12 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
10 September 2009Equipment and vehicle use1.1 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 August 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 August 2001Recreation and ceremony15 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clinton County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Chazy: 12 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General, Limestone, Dimension, Stone, Limestone, General. 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
Fisk Marble QuarryStone, DimensionPast Producer1825, 1925
International Lime and Stone Co QuarryStone, Limestone, GeneralPast Producer1955, 1964
Unnamed QuarryStonePast Producer
Chazy Quarry #2Limestone, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Chazy Quarry #4Limestone, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Wool Point QuarryLimestone, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Chazy Marble Co. QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast Producer1878
International Lime and Stone Co QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSurface
International Lime and Stone Co. QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast Producer
Unnamed QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSurface

Every working recorded in Clinton County

Storms near this place

22 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Chazy in 22 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 11 hail, 10 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2008Thunderstorm WindChazy$100,000Numerous reports of widespread tree damage throughout Chazy. Specifically hit hard locations include Miner Farm, Olena and Ridge roads with fallen trees on power lines, homes and vehicles.
August 2006Thunderstorm WindChazy$25,000no account filed
August 2010Thunderstorm WindWest Chazy$20,000Numerous trees down, including several 5-6 feet in diameter at the base.
September 2012Thunderstorm WindChazy$15,000Numerous trees and power lines down.
July 1996Flash FloodChazy$15,000no account filed
July 2024Thunderstorm WindWest Chazy$5,000A few reports of trees down and on power lines blocking Barnaby road near West Church street and on Academy road.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindChazy$2,000A few trees down along and near Lakeshore Road in Chazy.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindWest Chazy$2,000Damaging winds knocked down tree and branches on route 683 and West Church street.
October 2021Thunderstorm WindWest Chazy$2,000Several trees downed by thunderstorm winds on West Church street.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindChazy-Measured at NY State Mesonet site.
July 2012HailChazy-Quarter size hail.
May 2012HailWest Chazy-Penny size hail reported.
May 2012HailChazy-Quarter size hail reported.
August 2010HailWest Chazy-Two reports of half dollar size hail on Atwood Road.
August 2010HailWest Chazy-One inch diameter hail lasted approximately 10 minutes.
August 2010HailWest Chazy-Quarter size hail reported on O'Neill road.
May 2008HailChazy-Quarter size hail reported by trained spotter.
August 2006HailChazy-no account filed
August 2006Thunderstorm WindChazy-no account filed
July 2004HailChazy-no account filed
May 1998HailChazy-no account filed
September 1998HailWest Chazy-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Clinton 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
Chazy Landing3.1 miles28
Coopersville4.0 miles28
Ingraham5.4 miles28
Sciola6.0 miles23
West Chazy6.1 miles24
Champlain6.7 miles29
Point Au Roche7.7 miles28
Rouses Point8.1 miles28

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 946462. 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.