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.
Then and now
1895 to 1989The 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.


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
Chestertown Historic Districtlisted 1977
Population over time
2 figuresChestertown 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 677 | |
| 2020 | 586 | -91 (-13%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 26 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1895 USGS North Creek quadrangle1:62500
- 1897 USGS North Creek quadrangle1:62500, 10 printings
- 1950 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS North Creek quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Chestertown quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Ticonderoga quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Ticonderoga quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
116 since 1992Regional 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/undetermined | 36 |
| Debris and open burning | 26 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 17 |
| Natural | 11 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2007 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 30 September 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 3 September 2001 | Natural | 1.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 22 September 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | PALMER POND |
| 21 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 2 September 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 12 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 11 September 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chestertown Occurrence | Mica, Feldspar, Quartz | Past Producer | 1897, 1922 | |
| Owens Property Deposit | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Potterville Prospect | Graphite, Sulfur-Pyrite, Mica | Occurrence | Graphite, Phlogopite, Pyrite | |
| Sander Brothers Mine | Garnet | Past Producer | 1907, 1912, 1925 | |
| Town of Chester Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Occurrence | Granite, Quartz, Feldspar | Occurrence | 1911, 1975 | |
| Willis Brown Property Deposit | Feldspar, Mica | Prospect | ||
| Chestertown Prospect | Mica | Prospect |
Storms near this place
18 since 1993Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2005 | Flash Flood | Chestertown | $6,500,000 | Flash 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 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chestertown | $5,000 | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Chestertown | $3,000 | no account filed |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chestertown | $3,000 | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chestertown | $2,000 | no account filed |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chestertown | $2,000 | no account filed |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chestertown | $2,000 | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chestertown | $1,000 | no account filed |
| March 2024 | Flood | Chestertown | - | Flooding was reported along State Route 8 at U.S. Route 9 near Chestertown. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chestertown | - | A power line was reported down near Chestertown. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chestertown | - | Trees were reported down in Chestertown. |
| August 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chestertown | - | Trees and wires were reported down in Chestertown. |
| February 2016 | Flood | Chestertown | - | 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 2011 | Hail | Chestertown | - | Penny size hail was reported during a thunderstorm in Chestertown. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chestertown | - | Trees and wires were reported down in Chestertown due to strong thunderstorm winds. |
| August 2008 | Hail | Chestertown | - | Nickel size hail was reported near Chestertown during a thunderstorm. |
| May 2006 | Hail | Chestertown | - | A Post Office employee reported seven-eighth-inch hail in Chestertown. |
| May 2004 | Hail | Chestertown | - | NIckel-sized hail reported. Numerous power outages. |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Starbuckville | 1.9 miles | 26 | |
| South Horicon | 2.1 miles | 26 | |
| Darrowsville | 3.0 miles | 25 | |
| Brant Lake | 3.2 miles | 29 | |
| Riparius | 5.1 miles | 26 | |
| Riverbank | 5.2 miles | 30 | |
| Pottersville | 5.5 miles | 26 | |
| The Glen | 5.8 miles | 25 |
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 Chestertown | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3505993 | The 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.









