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Chestertown, New York

26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Chester town. It lies in ZIP code area 12817. It lies near Panther Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Chestertown quadrangle. 586 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 843 feet above sea level.

Chestertown within Warren County

Then and now

1895 to 1989

The same ground, surveyed 94 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Chestertown, surveyed 1989
Topographic sheet of Chestertown, surveyed 1895

On record in Chestertown

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

Population over time

2 figures

Chestertown fell from 677 to 586 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
2010677
2020586-91 (-13%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 26 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

116 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 116 fires within 5 miles of Chestertown between 1992 and 2020, burning about 139 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 17 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/undetermined36
Debris and open burning26
Arson/incendiarism17
Natural11
Recreation and ceremony11
Equipment and vehicle use7
Smoking6
Power generation/transmission/distribution2

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 2007Natural1.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
30 September 2017Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
3 September 2001Natural1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
22 September 2014Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreNew York Forest RangersPALMER POND
21 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
2 September 2000Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
12 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
11 September 2003Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Warren County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Chestertown: 3 occurrences, 2 past producers, 2 prospects, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Mica, Garnet, Graphite, Sulfur-Pyrite, Mica. 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
Chestertown OccurrenceMica, Feldspar, QuartzPast Producer1897, 1922
Owens Property DepositIronOccurrence
Potterville ProspectGraphite, Sulfur-Pyrite, MicaOccurrenceGraphite, Phlogopite, Pyrite
Sander Brothers MineGarnetPast Producer1907, 1912, 1925
Town of Chester PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unnamed OccurrenceGranite, Quartz, FeldsparOccurrence1911, 1975
Willis Brown Property DepositFeldspar, MicaProspect
Chestertown ProspectMicaProspect

Every working recorded in Warren County

Storms near this place

18 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Chestertown in 18 storm reports between 1993 and 2024: 10 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 2 flood, 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
June 2005Flash FloodChestertown$6,500,000Flash flooding occurred in Warren County during the evening hours of June13 through the early morning hours of June 14. The flash flooding was focusedfrom central Lake George westward. At 630 PM EST, it was reported that waterwas flowing down Dowen Mountain, and that road culverts were running like rivers.At 730 PM EST, it was reported that Interstate I-87, the Northway, was closed dueto a mud slide between exists 23 and 25. At 812 PM, it was reported that numerousroads were closed in the Bolton and Chestertown due to flooding. At 1205 AM onJune 14, it was reported that Interstate 87, the Northway, was washed out at milepost67, and that vast amounts of water were flowing over the highway.
August 1993Thunderstorm WindChestertown$5,000no account filed
May 1998HailChestertown$3,000no account filed
July 1997Thunderstorm WindChestertown$3,000no account filed
June 1998Thunderstorm WindChestertown$2,000no account filed
July 1997Thunderstorm WindChestertown$2,000no account filed
July 1997Thunderstorm WindChestertown$2,000no account filed
May 2003Thunderstorm WindChestertown$1,000no account filed
March 2024FloodChestertown-Flooding was reported along State Route 8 at U.S. Route 9 near Chestertown.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindChestertown-A power line was reported down near Chestertown.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindChestertown-Trees were reported down in Chestertown.
August 2018Thunderstorm WindChestertown-Trees and wires were reported down in Chestertown.
February 2016FloodChestertown-Heavy rainfall and snow melt occurring over a frozen ground caused flooding in the town of Chester. A portion of Panther Mountain Drive was closed due to impacts from flooding.
May 2011HailChestertown-Penny size hail was reported during a thunderstorm in Chestertown.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindChestertown-Trees and wires were reported down in Chestertown due to strong thunderstorm winds.
August 2008HailChestertown-Nickel size hail was reported near Chestertown during a thunderstorm.
May 2006HailChestertown-A Post Office employee reported seven-eighth-inch hail in Chestertown.
May 2004HailChestertown-NIckel-sized hail reported. Numerous power outages.

Every storm recorded in Warren 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
Starbuckville1.9 miles26
South Horicon2.1 miles26
Darrowsville3.0 miles25
Brant Lake3.2 miles29
Riparius5.1 miles26
Riverbank5.2 miles30
Pottersville5.5 miles26
The Glen5.8 miles25

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 ChestertownAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3505993The 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 946543. 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.