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Chepachet, New York

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Winfield town. It lies in ZIP code area 13491. It lies near Richfield Hill. The Survey maps it on the Millers Mills quadrangle.

Chepachet within Herkimer County

Then and now

1907 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 79 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Chepachet, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Chepachet, surveyed 1907

On record in Chepachet

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.

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 18 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

31 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 31 fires within 5 miles of Chepachet between 2002 and 2020, burning about 17 acres in total. 1 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined19
Arson/incendiarism8
Debris and open burning2
Natural1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
18 August 2011Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
11 August 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
22 July 2016Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
14 July 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
12 July 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
26 June 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
24 June 2008Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
20 June 2020Equipment and vehicle use1.4 acresFire Department of New YorkNA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Herkimer County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Chepachet: 3 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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
Millers Mill PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Litchfield QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Litchfield QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Herkimer 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
Cedarville Station0.6 miles18
Cedarville1.4 miles18
Millers Mills Crossing1.6 miles18
Birmingham Corners1.8 miles17
East Winfield2.0 miles17
Millers Mills2.2 miles18
Youngs Crossing2.3 miles18
Hitching Corner2.8 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 972315. 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.