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New Concord, New York

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Chatham town. It lies in ZIP code area 12060. It stands on Frisbee Creek. The Survey maps it on the East Chatham quadrangle.

New Concord within Columbia County

Then and now

1903 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 83 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of New Concord, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of New Concord, surveyed 1903

On record in New Concord

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

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 21 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

119 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 119 fires within 5 miles of New Concord between 1993 and 2020, burning about 118 acres in total. 8 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/undetermined57
Debris and open burning24
Arson/incendiarism10
Natural8
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Smoking5
Equipment and vehicle use4
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Recreation and ceremony2

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
6 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
27 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
23 September 2010Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
22 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
10 September 2009Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
16 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
15 August 2012Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
12 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Columbia County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of New Concord: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Manganese, Manganese, Iron, Iron. 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
Gott-Mesick Bog Mn OccurrenceManganese, IronProducer
Gott-Mesick Bog Mn OccurrenceManganese, IronPast Producer
Gott-Mesick Bog Mn OccurrenceManganesePast ProducerResidual

Every working recorded in Columbia County

Storms near this place

11 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names New Concord in 11 storm reports between 2011 and 2025: 7 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 flash flood, 1 flood. 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
May 2025FloodNew Concord$1,000A New York Alert from the Department of Transportation reported the flooding and closure of NY 295 going both directions between Rod and Gun Club Road and Hartigan Road in Chatham in Columbia County. Both lanes of this road were closed as of 1121 AM EST.
March 2022Thunderstorm WindNew Concord-A utility pole and power lines were reported down on Percey Hill Road.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindNew Concord-Multiple trees were reported down in the town of Chatham including the intersection of Route 9 and Daley Road and Loomis Road.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindNew Concord-Taconic State Parkway SB was closed just north of Exit 102.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindNew Concord-A few large limbs and trees were downed on New Concord Road near Route 9.
July 2021Flash FloodNew Concord-New Concord Road was flooded between State Route 295 and County Route 9.
October 2020Thunderstorm WindNew Concord-A tree was downed onto wires.
August 2012Thunderstorm WindNew Concord-A tree was down and on a power line on State Route 295 near Hartigan Road in the town of Chatham.
June 2011HailNew Concord-Quarter size hail was reported during a thunderstorm in East Chatham.
June 2011HailNew Concord-Quarter size hail was reported during a thunderstorm in East Chatham.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindNew Concord-A tree was reported down due to strong thunderstorm winds and was blocking Frisbee Street in Canaan.

Every storm recorded in Columbia 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
East Chatham1.1 miles21
Rock City2.8 miles21
Red Rock2.8 miles23
Old Chatham3.6 miles21
Canaan Center3.8 miles43
Moorhouse Corner3.9 miles23
Chatham4.2 miles23
Canaan4.4 miles43

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 958403. 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.