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Choconut Center, New York

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Union town. It lies in ZIP code area 13905. It lies near Deyo Hill. The Survey maps it on the Castle Creek quadrangle.

Choconut Center within Broome County

Then and now

1904 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 81 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Choconut Center, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Choconut Center, surveyed 1904

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

654 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 654 fires within 5 miles of Choconut Center between 1992 and 2020, burning about 462 acres in total. 34 started naturally. 64 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/undetermined301
Smoking89
Recreation and ceremony65
Arson/incendiarism64
Natural34
Debris and open burning33
Equipment and vehicle use32
Misuse of fire by a minor19
Power generation/transmission/distribution9
Railroad operations and maintenance5
Other causes3

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
9 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
9 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
9 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2017Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
7 September 2016Recreation and ceremony1.3 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
7 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
7 September 2010Smoking1.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Broome County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Choconut Center: 3 producers, 2 past producers, 1 prospect, 1 plant. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, 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
Brown No.1 WellSaltProspect
Binghampton Brick Co. PitClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Binghampton Brick Co. PitClayPlant
Boland PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Chenango Bridge PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Corbisello QuarriesSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Van Gravel Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Broome County

Storms near this place

9 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Choconut Center in 9 storm reports between 1998 and 2025: 7 thunderstorm wind, 2 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2020Thunderstorm WindChoconut Center$10,000Strong thunderstorm winds uprooted and snapped multiple trees along Airport Road near the intersection with Upper Stella Ireland Road.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindChoconut Center$2,000Strong thunderstorm winds brought down a tree on wires.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindChoconut Center$2,000Trees and power lines were blown down along Airport Road.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindChoconut Center$2,000Trees and power lines were blown down along Airport Road.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindChoconut Center$1,000Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down wires over Airport Road.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindChoconut Center$1,000Strong thunderstorm winds uprooted a tree.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindChoconut Center$1,000Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down a large tree. The tree split near the trunk and fell into the yard of a residence.
July 2025HailChoconut Center-Estimated ping pong hail via social media photo.
January 1998HailChoconut Center-A fast moving squall line with embedded thunderstorms developed along a cold front as it crossed central New York during the midday hours. A thunderstorm cell became severe across northern Broome county and produced large hail. A swath of hail ranging from pea sized to dime sized was reported in an area from Johnson City northward to Choconut Center. A short time later, hail to one inch in diameter was observed by a skywarn spotter in Castle Creek. Hail even covered the ground for a time in this vicinity.

Every storm recorded in Broome 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
Stella (historical)1.4 miles23
Johnson City2.0 miles23
Sunrise Terrace2.1 miles23
Westover2.5 miles23
New Ireland2.5 miles23
Port Dickinson2.6 miles23
Hinmans Corners2.7 miles23
Fortress Estates2.8 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.

Wikidata item Q122557115The 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 946605. 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.