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Chenango Bridge, New York

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Chenango town. It lies in ZIP code area 13901. It stands on Thomas Creek. The Survey maps it on the Chenango Forks quadrangle. 2,884 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 896 feet above sea level.

Chenango Bridge within Broome County

Then and now

1904 to 1985

The 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.

Topographic sheet of Chenango Bridge, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Chenango Bridge, surveyed 1904

Population over time

2 figures

Chenango Bridge grew from 2,883 to 2,884 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.

YearPeople Change
20102,883
20202,884+1 (+0%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 24 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

264 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 264 fires within 5 miles of Chenango Bridge between 1992 and 2020, burning about 237 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 26 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/undetermined118
Debris and open burning26
Arson/incendiarism26
Smoking26
Equipment and vehicle use19
Misuse of fire by a minor13
Natural11
Power generation/transmission/distribution10
Railroad operations and maintenance8
Recreation and ceremony6
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
9 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
9 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2009Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Broome County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 15 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Chenango Bridge: 7 past producers, 7 producers, 1 plant. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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
Binghampton Brick Co. PitClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Binghampton Brick Co. PitClayPlant
Boland PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Chenango Bridge PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Corbisello QuarriesSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Crouch PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Hale PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
New York State Dept. Trans. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
O Brien PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Pond 4 PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Broome County

Storms near this place

29 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Chenango Bridge in 29 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 13 hail, 10 thunderstorm wind, 6 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 2013Flash FloodChenango Bridge$50,000Water was flowing over roads near the Interstate 88 Port Crane exit and along the intersection of State Route 36 and Pine Street. Flood waters helped to collapse a wall into a creek near a construction site.
March 2004Flash FloodChenango Bridge$50,000no account filed
July 2021Flash FloodChenango Bridge$40,000Residences surrounded by water. Evacuations were taking place in Chenango Bridge.
August 2018Flash FloodChenango Bridge$40,000Flooding covered many streets in Chenango Bridge. Cars stuck in deep water at low spots and intersections.
September 2014Thunderstorm WindChenango Bridge$20,000Straight line winds estimated near 60 mph snapped trees and branches with trees snapped off at mid to high trunk level. One tree fell on a trailer.
March 1996Thunderstorm WindChenango Bridge$15,000no account filed
August 2019Thunderstorm WindChenango Bridge$10,000Strong thunderstorm winds brought down trees and wires.
June 2004Thunderstorm WindChenango Bridge$10,000Thunderstorm winds downed trees.
June 1998Flash FloodChenango Bridge$10,000Severe thunderstorms also brought torrential rains to portions of the county. The Hiner Park Creek in the town of Chenango Bridge rose out of its banks late in the afternoon. Several homes immediately adjacent to the creek briefly took on water in their basements and in some cases the first floor. As thunderstorms exited the region and rainfall subsided early in the evening, water levels receded.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindChenango Bridge$8,000An 18 inch diameter tree fell through a house in the town of Fenton.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindChenango Bridge$5,000Strong thunderstorm winds brought down trees.
May 2015Flash FloodChenango Bridge$5,000Water was flowing rapidly down several streets in the Village of Chenango Bridge. Damage occurred on Clarendon Drive, and also at the Chenango Bridge Golf Course where several greens and sand traps were washed out. Water was several inches deep at the Northgate Plaza and other locations on Upper Front Street.
June 2013HailChenango Bridge$5,000no account filed
July 2021Thunderstorm WindChenango Bridge$2,000Strong thunderstorm winds brought down a tree on power lines.
July 2017HailChenango Bridge$2,000A thunderstorm developed over the area and produced half dollar sized hail.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindChenango Bridge$2,000Trees and wires were blown down.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindChenango Bridge$1,000Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down wires on Chenango Bridge Road and Towpath Road.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindChenango Bridge$1,000Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down a tree, blocking Shaw Place.
June 2000HailChenango Bridge-Golf ball size hail was reported by storm spotters in Chenango Bridge.
July 2025HailChenango Bridge-no account filed
June 2013HailChenango Bridge-no account filed
June 2013HailChenango Bridge-no account filed
September 2013HailChenango Bridge-no account filed
June 2013HailChenango Bridge-no account filed
July 2009HailChenango Bridge-no account filed
June 2007HailChenango Bridge-no account filed
May 2004HailChenango Bridge-no account filed
May 2004HailChenango Bridge-no account filed
May 2000HailChenango Bridge-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Broome 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
Port Crane1.5 miles24
Hinmans Corners1.9 miles23
Newmans Corner1.9 miles23
Fortress Estates2.3 miles23
Kattellville2.3 miles24
Glen Castle2.5 miles23
Port Dickinson2.9 miles23
Popes Ravine3.4 miles24

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 Chenango BridgeAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5091036The 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 946480. 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.