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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.

Chittenango within Madison County

Then and now

1895 to 1985

The 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.

Topographic sheet of Chittenango, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Chittenango, surveyed 1895

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

Population over time

2 figures

Chittenango 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.

YearPeople Change
20105,081
20204,896-185 (-4%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 23 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

82 since 2000

Regional 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/undetermined44
Arson/incendiarism18
Natural9
Debris and open burning8
Equipment and vehicle use2
Recreation and ceremony1

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
28 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
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
8 August 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
4 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
28 August 2010Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
27 August 2004Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
23 August 2020Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresFire Department of New YorkNA

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: 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Button & Worlock QuarriesGypsum-AnhydritePast Producer
Chittenango WellSaltPast Producer
Crouse Gravel BedSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Kinsella Pit and MillLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Limestone QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Kinsella PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Kinsella QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Madison County

Storms near this place

14 since 1993

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2004Flash FloodChittenango$500,000Heavy 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 1993Thunderstorm WindChittenango$50,000no account filed
August 1995Thunderstorm WindChittenango$8,000no account filed
July 1995Thunderstorm WindChittenango$5,000no account filed
April 2025Thunderstorm WindNorth Chittenango$3,500Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down a tree onto a car with wires involved. No injuries were reported.
May 2021Thunderstorm WindNorth Chittenango$2,000Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down a tree and wires onto a house.
August 1993Thunderstorm WindChittenango$500no account filed
May 2000HailChittenango-Some minor street flooding was also reported along with the hail due to heavy rain.
May 2000LightningChittenango-A lightning strike set a house on fire.
June 2000HailChittenango-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 2000Thunderstorm WindChittenango-Numerous trees and wires down. Also reported in Cazenovia.
May 2000HailChittenango-no account filed
June 2000HailChittenango-no account filed
December 1996Flash FloodChittenango-no account filed

Every storm 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
Sullivan1.2 miles23
Sulphur Springs2.1 miles23
Bolivar2.2 miles26
North Chittenango2.5 miles23
North Cazenovia3.7 miles20
East Boston3.7 miles23
Blakeslee3.8 miles23
Perryville4.4 miles23

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 ChittenangoAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2533923The 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.