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Chenango Forks, 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 13746. It stands on Tioughnioga River. The Survey maps it on the Chenango Forks quadrangle. It stands 915 feet above sea level.

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

On record in Chenango Forks

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 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

105 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 105 fires within 5 miles of Chenango Forks between 1992 and 2020, burning about 123 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 10 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/undetermined38
Debris and open burning26
Arson/incendiarism10
Smoking9
Equipment and vehicle use7
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Natural4
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Recreation and ceremony1

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
5 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
20 September 2015Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
1 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
22 August 2016Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
19 August 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
17 August 2006Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
17 August 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
31 July 2011Missing 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 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Chenango Forks: 7 producers, 5 past producers. 7 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
Chenango Bridge PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Crouch PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Hales PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Hales PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Inghram Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Inghram Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
New York State Dept. Trans. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
O Brien PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Pond 4 PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Rose PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Broome County

Storms near this place

18 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Chenango Forks in 18 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 9 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 2 flash flood, 2 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
August 1995Thunderstorm WindChenango Forks$18,000no account filed
July 2017Thunderstorm WindChenango Forks$6,000A thunderstorm moved across the region and became severe. This thunderstorm produced severe winds and knocked over a tree on Route 12 and Oak Hill Road which caused a motor vehicle accident.
August 2018Flash FloodChenango Forks$5,000Flash flooding closed Route 11 near Knapp Hill Road.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindChenango Forks$4,000Fire department called out for trees and wires down.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindChenango Forks$3,000A thunderstorm moved across the region and became severe. This thunderstorm produced severe winds and knocked over a tree and power lines on Pigeon Hill Road.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindChenango Forks$2,500Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down large trees on Hill Road.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindChenango Forks$2,000Trees and wires were blown down.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindChenango Forks$1,000Several trees were blown down.
July 1994Thunderstorm WindChenango Forks$500no account filed
May 2021Thunderstorm WindChenango Forks$250Strong thunderstorm winds knocked tree down.
November 2006FloodChenango Forks-Heavy rain caused the Chenango River at Chenango Forks to go above its flood stage of 10 feet. The river crested at 10.89 feet and minor flooding was observed.
May 2000Flash FloodChenango Forks-Mix Road was washed out by flash flooding.
May 2000LightningChenango Forks-One woman suffered minor injuries while talking on the telephone when lightning struck near her home.
July 2012HailChenango Forks-no account filed
June 2011HailChenango Forks-no account filed
June 2009HailChenango Forks-no account filed
May 2007HailChenango Forks-no account filed
June 2006FloodChenango Forks-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
Forest Manor1.9 miles24
Kattellville2.5 miles24
North Fenton2.9 miles24
Newmans Corner3.6 miles23
Castle Creek3.8 miles23
Pleasant Hill3.8 miles24
Quinneville4.1 miles24
Chenango Bridge4.8 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 ForksAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5091039The 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 946482. 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.