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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.

North Chatham 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 North Chatham, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of North Chatham, surveyed 1903

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.

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 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

213 since 1992

Regional 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/undetermined101
Arson/incendiarism39
Debris and open burning27
Natural15
Equipment and vehicle use14
Smoking6
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
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
8 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
29 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
29 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
28 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
26 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
26 September 2010Missing 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

2 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Kenneth Morris Pit and PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Kenneth Morris Pit and PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Columbia County

Storms near this place

17 since 1996

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2022LightningNorth Chatham$5,000A suspected lightning strike split a tree in half which then fell onto a home causing damage on Eberle Road.
July 1999Thunderstorm WindNorth Chatham$2,000no account filed
August 1996Thunderstorm WindNorth Chatham$2,000no account filed
July 2024Thunderstorm WindNorth Chatham-Wires were downed along Route 203 near Route 32 in Chatham.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindNorth Chatham-A tree and wires were downed along Route 203 near Crestview Drive near Niverville.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindNorth Chatham-Tree and wire damage was reported along Little Lake Road near Route 203 near North Chatham.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindNorth Chatham-Tree and wire damage was reported along Jefferson Hill Road near Route 23 near Malden Bridge.
March 2022Thunderstorm WindNorth Chatham-A utility pole and power lines were reported down on East Shore Drive.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindNorth Chatham-Route 203 was closed due to a tree downed on wires.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindNorth 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 2015HailNorth Chatham-Nickel size hail was reported during a thunderstorm at 433 Rapp Road North in the town of Kinderhook.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindNorth 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 2015Thunderstorm WindNorth 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 2010Thunderstorm WindNorth Chatham-A tree was reported down on a property in North Chatham due to strong thunderstorm winds.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindNorth Chatham-A large tree and wires were reported down across Bunker Hill Road in North Chatham due to strong thunderstorm winds.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindNorth 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 2007Thunderstorm WindNorth Chatham-Trees and wires were reported down from thunderstorm winds on Route 32 in North Chatham.

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
Malden Bridge2.6 miles21
Niverville2.6 miles21
Valatie Colony3.3 miles21
Riders Mills3.6 miles21
Chatham Center3.8 miles21
Old Chatham4.3 miles21
Valatie4.6 miles21
Dwarf Orchard Park4.6 miles21

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 ChathamAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q38249787The 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.