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Chittenango Falls, New York

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Fenner town. It lies in ZIP code area 13037. It stands on Munger Brook. The Survey maps it on the Cazenovia quadrangle.

Chittenango Falls within Madison County

Then and now

1897 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 89 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Chittenango Falls, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Chittenango Falls, surveyed 1897

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 20 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

52 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 52 fires within 5 miles of Chittenango Falls between 1993 and 2020, burning about 41 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 10 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/undetermined28
Arson/incendiarism10
Debris and open burning7
Natural4
Recreation and ceremony2
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
5 September 2004Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
30 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
17 September 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
10 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 August 2006Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
27 August 2004Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
14 August 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
12 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Madison 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 Chittenango Falls: 4 producers, 4 past producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Gypsum-Anhydrite. 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
Button & Worlock QuarriesGypsum-AnhydritePast Producer
Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Kinsella Pit and MillLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Limestone QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Cazenovia Gravel BedSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Cazenovia Ready Mix PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Crouse Gravel BedSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Riedel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Madison 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
Rowan Corners1.2 miles20
Bingley1.2 miles20
North Cazenovia2.0 miles20
Blakeslee2.3 miles23
Fenner2.7 miles20
Perryville2.8 miles23
Sulphur Springs2.8 miles23
Cazenovia3.4 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 969998. 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.