North Chatham, 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 12132. The Survey maps it on the Kinderhook quadrangle. It stands 351 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1903 to 1986The 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.


On record in North Chatham
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 within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Peck Houselisted 1999 · 0.2 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 21 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.
- 1903 USGS Kinderhook quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
- 1933 USGS Kinderhook quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1948 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Kinderhook quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Kinderhook quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Kinderhook quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Pittsfield quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
213 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 213 fires within 5 miles of North Chatham between 1992 and 2020, burning about 263 acres in total. 15 started naturally. 39 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 | 101 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 39 |
| Debris and open burning | 27 |
| Natural | 15 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 14 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 4 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 29 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 29 September 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 28 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 26 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 26 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of North Chatham: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kenneth Morris Pit and Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Kenneth Morris Pit and Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
17 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names North Chatham in 17 storm reports between 1996 and 2024: 15 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2022 | Lightning | North Chatham | $5,000 | A suspected lightning strike split a tree in half which then fell onto a home causing damage on Eberle Road. |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | North Chatham | $2,000 | no account filed |
| August 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | North Chatham | $2,000 | no account filed |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | North Chatham | - | Wires were downed along Route 203 near Route 32 in Chatham. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | North Chatham | - | A tree and wires were downed along Route 203 near Crestview Drive near Niverville. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | North Chatham | - | Tree and wire damage was reported along Little Lake Road near Route 203 near North Chatham. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | North Chatham | - | Tree and wire damage was reported along Jefferson Hill Road near Route 23 near Malden Bridge. |
| March 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | North Chatham | - | A utility pole and power lines were reported down on East Shore Drive. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | North Chatham | - | Route 203 was closed due to a tree downed on wires. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | North Chatham | - | Trees and power lines were reported down on Electric Park Road on the east side of Kinderhook Lake in Niverville as a result of thunderstorm winds. |
| July 2015 | Hail | North Chatham | - | Nickel size hail was reported during a thunderstorm at 433 Rapp Road North in the town of Kinderhook. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | North Chatham | - | Trees and wires were downed at the intersection of Round Lake Road and County Route 28B in the hamlet of Niverville as a result of thunderstorm winds. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | North Chatham | - | Trees and utility poles were downed near a farm located at 433 Rapp Road North in the town of Kinderhook as a result of thunderstorm winds. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | North Chatham | - | A tree was reported down on a property in North Chatham due to strong thunderstorm winds. |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | North Chatham | - | A large tree and wires were reported down across Bunker Hill Road in North Chatham due to strong thunderstorm winds. |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | North Chatham | - | An estimated wind gust of 65 mph was reported by a storm chaser during a thunderstorm in Niverville. Also, a tree was reported down on wires. |
| May 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | North Chatham | - | Trees and wires were reported down from thunderstorm winds on Route 32 in North Chatham. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malden Bridge | 2.6 miles | 21 | |
| Niverville | 2.6 miles | 21 | |
| Valatie Colony | 3.3 miles | 21 | |
| Riders Mills | 3.6 miles | 21 | |
| Chatham Center | 3.8 miles | 21 | |
| Old Chatham | 4.3 miles | 21 | |
| Valatie | 4.6 miles | 21 | |
| Dwarf Orchard Park | 4.6 miles | 21 |
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 North Chatham | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q38249787 | 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 958742. 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.










