Chippewa Bay, New York
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Hammond town. It lies in ZIP code area 13646. It stands on Chippewa Creek. The Survey maps it on the Chippewa Bay quadrangle. It stands 289 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1903 to 1985The same ground, surveyed 82 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1903 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 20 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.
- 1903 USGS Alexandria Bay quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
- 1948 USGS Alexandria Bay quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Chippewa Bay quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Ogdensburg quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1951 USGS Ogdensburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Ogdensburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Chippewa Bay quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Ogdensburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Gouverneur quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
53 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 53 fires within 5 miles of Chippewa Bay between 2002 and 2020, burning about 30 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 5 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 | 37 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 29 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 29 September 2004 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 23 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 20 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 6 August 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 5 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 4 August 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Chippewa Bay: 4 past producers, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Lead, Zinc, Dolomite, Flagstone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Lawrence State Hospital Quarry | Dolomite | Past Producer | Surface | |
| Unnamed Sandstone Quarry | Flagstone, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Nelson Farm Deposit | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Wright Farm Deposit | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| O. H. Gordon Farm Prospect | Lead | Prospect |
Storms near this place
3 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Chippewa Bay in 3 storm reports between 2004 and 2006: 1 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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 2004 | Tornado (F0) | Chippewa Bay | $25,000 | A low pressure system moved across southern Quebec during Wednesday, June 9th. The associated trailing cold front tracked slowly across northern New York during the morning and afternoon hours. This front was preceded and accompanied by thunderstorms with damaging winds and weak tornadoes. A weak F0 tornado touched down near Chippewa Bay and moved southeast. About 50 trees were damaged. There was some structural damage, and the roof of a small structure was dropped in the St Lawrence River. |
| August 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chippewa Bay | $20,000 | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Chippewa Bay | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Schermerhorn Landing | 2.7 miles | 20 | |
| North Hammond | 3.2 miles | 19 | |
| South Hammond | 3.2 miles | 19 | |
| Oakvale | 3.3 miles | 19 | |
| Hammond | 3.4 miles | 19 | |
| Oak Point | 5.0 miles | 7 | |
| Black Lake (historical) | 5.6 miles | 19 | |
| Nelson Corner | 5.9 miles | 18 |
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 Chippewa Bay | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q48740369 | 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 976131. 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.








