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Chenango Lake, New York

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1910 and the latest in 1986. It stands in New Berlin town. It lies in ZIP code area 13843. It lies near Flagpole Hill. The Survey maps it on the Holmesville quadrangle.

Chenango Lake within Chenango County

Then and now

1910 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 76 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 Lake, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Chenango Lake, surveyed 1910

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 17 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

49 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 49 fires within 5 miles of Chenango Lake between 1992 and 2020, burning about 61 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 8 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
Debris and open burning18
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Arson/incendiarism8
Natural4
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Smoking2
Recreation and ceremony2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
6 September 2019Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
3 September 2004Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
23 August 2020Natural5.0 acresFire Department of New YorkNA
19 August 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
31 July 2002Natural1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
3 July 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
15 July 1995Natural1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
14 July 1995Equipment and vehicle use7.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Chenango County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Chenango Lake: 1 producer. All of them 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
New Berlin Town PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Chenango 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
Amblerville3.6 miles17
Davis Crossing4.4 miles16
Plasterville4.6 miles19
South New Berlin4.7 miles17
Springvale5.0 miles17
Hawley Corners5.0 miles19
Maple Grove East5.2 miles19
Holmesville5.3 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 946487. 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.