Chipman, New York

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Madrid town. It lies in ZIP code area 13660. The Survey maps it on the Waddington quadrangle.

Chipman within St. Lawrence County

Then and now

1905 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 80 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Chipman, surveyed 1985

Topographic sheet of Chipman, surveyed 1905

Compare 1905 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 16 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.

1905 USGS Waddington quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
1942 USGS Waddington quadrangle1:24000
1943 USGS Waddington quadrangle1:31680
1948 USGS Ogdensburg quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1951 USGS Ogdensburg quadrangle1:250000
1953 USGS Ogdensburg quadrangle1:250000
1961 USGS Ogdensburg quadrangle1:250000
1964 USGS Waddington quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1985 USGS Ogdensburg quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

72 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 72 fires within 5 miles of Chipman between 2003 and 2020, burning about 68 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 21 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	30
Arson/incendiarism	21
Natural	7
Debris and open burning	7
Equipment and vehicle use	3
Smoking	3
Power generation/transmission/distribution	1

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
21 September 2019	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
18 September 2018	Smoking	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
18 September 2016	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
5 August 2016	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
8 July 2020	Equipment and vehicle use	5.0 acres	Fire Department of New York	NA
7 July 2010	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
18 July 2007	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
27 June 2013	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in St. Lawrence County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Chipman: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. 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	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	Town of Madrid Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary
	Town of Madrid Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in St. Lawrence 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Halfway House Corners	2.2 miles	16
Turnbull Corner	2.7 miles	16
Sucker Brook (historical)	3.9 miles	15
Madrid Springs	4.0 miles	15
Madrid	4.0 miles	16
Hague Crossing	4.2 miles	15
Pine Grove	4.8 miles	15
Drews Corner	5.0 miles	16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 976128. 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.