Chittenango, New York
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Sullivan town. It lies in ZIP code area 13037. It lies near Lillies Pinnacle. The Survey maps it on the Canastota quadrangle. 4,896 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 453 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1895 to 1985The same ground, surveyed 90 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


On record in Chittenango
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 2 records
St. Paul's Churchlisted 1996- Chittenango Potterylisted 2009
Population over time
2 figuresChittenango fell from 5,081 to 4,896 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 | 5,081 | |
| 2020 | 4,896 | -185 (-4%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 23 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 Chittenango quadrangle1:62500
- 1898 USGS Chittenango quadrangle1:62500
- 1902 USGS Chittenango quadrangle1:62500, 7 printings
- 1946 USGS Canastota quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Canastota quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1964 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Utica quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
82 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 82 fires within 5 miles of Chittenango between 2000 and 2020, burning about 78 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 18 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 | 44 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 18 |
| Natural | 9 |
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 17 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 10 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 8 August 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 4 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 28 August 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 27 August 2004 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 23 August 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Fire Department of New York | NA |
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 Chittenango: 5 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Salt. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Button & Worlock Quarries | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Past Producer | ||
| Chittenango Well | Salt | Past Producer | ||
| Crouse Gravel Bed | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Kinsella Pit and Mill | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Limestone Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Kinsella Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Kinsella Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Limestone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
14 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Chittenango in 14 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 7 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 2 flash flood, 1 lightning. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2004 | Flash Flood | Chittenango | $500,000 | Heavy rain caused flash flooding. Numerous roads were floods and creeks were over their banks. Parts of the city of Oneida were flooded with streets impassable. Numerous homes had flooded basements. Power was shut off to reduce the risk of electrical fire until the basements got pumped out by the fire department. Rainfall was 3 to 5 inches. |
| August 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chittenango | $50,000 | no account filed |
| August 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chittenango | $8,000 | no account filed |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chittenango | $5,000 | no account filed |
| April 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | North Chittenango | $3,500 | Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down a tree onto a car with wires involved. No injuries were reported. |
| May 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | North Chittenango | $2,000 | Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down a tree and wires onto a house. |
| August 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chittenango | $500 | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Hail | Chittenango | - | Some minor street flooding was also reported along with the hail due to heavy rain. |
| May 2000 | Lightning | Chittenango | - | A lightning strike set a house on fire. |
| June 2000 | Hail | Chittenango | - | Reports of trees down and 1 inch diameter hail were received from the media and trained spotters in Chittenango. Localized street flooding was also reported. |
| September 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chittenango | - | Numerous trees and wires down. Also reported in Cazenovia. |
| May 2000 | Hail | Chittenango | - | no account filed |
| June 2000 | Hail | Chittenango | - | no account filed |
| December 1996 | Flash Flood | Chittenango | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sullivan | 1.2 miles | 23 | |
| Sulphur Springs | 2.1 miles | 23 | |
| Bolivar | 2.2 miles | 26 | |
| North Chittenango | 2.5 miles | 23 | |
| North Cazenovia | 3.7 miles | 20 | |
| East Boston | 3.7 miles | 23 | |
| Blakeslee | 3.8 miles | 23 | |
| Perryville | 4.4 miles | 23 |
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 Chittenango | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2533923 | 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 969996. 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.










