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North Chemung, New York

26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Baldwin town. It lies in ZIP code area 14861. It stands on Warren Creek. The Survey maps it on the Wellsburg quadrangle.

North Chemung within Chemung County

Then and now

1902 to 1992

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 North Chemung, surveyed 1992
Topographic sheet of North Chemung, surveyed 1902

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 26 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

134 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 134 fires within 5 miles of North Chemung between 1993 and 2020, burning about 160 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 11 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/undetermined76
Debris and open burning20
Arson/incendiarism11
Natural10
Smoking8
Equipment and vehicle use6
Recreation and ceremony1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
24 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
23 September 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
22 September 2020Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresFire Department of New YorkNA
16 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
14 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
12 September 2001Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 August 2005Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 August 2005Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Chemung County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of North Chemung: 5 producers, 4 past producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: 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
J.Murphy No.1 WellSaltPast Producer
Chemung PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Chemung PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Chemung PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Chemung PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Frank Treat Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Frank Treat Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Lowman PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Town PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Chemung County

Storms near this place

4 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names North Chemung in 4 storm reports between 2008 and 2025: 2 tornado, 1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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
September 2014Tornado (EF1)North Chemung$100,000An EF1 tornado touched down just east of Elston Hollow Rd with a path length of 6 miles and a maximum width of 150 yards. This tornado produced 100 mph winds and snapped and uprooted numerous trees along its path. A barn was completely collapsed and one barn had its roof blown off. A pickup truck was lifted and dropped between 6 to 12 feet away. A trailer attached to the truck was dragged up to 12 feet away. Several homes were also damaged.
July 2012Tornado (EF1)North Chemung$35,000A tornado touched down and moved up and down over ridges and valleys for almost 14 miles. The first touch down was across Route 1 in North Chemung. The tornado moved east, eventually moving out of Chemung County into Tioga county just northwest of the Town of Lockwood. The majority of damage was to softwood and hardwood trees which were uprooted or snapped. Unlike the extensive straight-line wind damage found to the south of this track, this damage clearly had signs of circular motion in a very concentrated and narrow path. The damage path averaged about 200 yards wide. Some homes, garages and sheds were damaged by wind with trim or siding torn or shingles off roofs. Some homes had more significant damage from trees falling on them. One barn was completely destroyed.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindNorth Chemung$2,500Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down trees and wires on Jones Road.
July 2008HailNorth Chemung-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Chemung 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 Elmira3.0 miles26
Hicks4.3 miles29
Birchland Park4.6 miles26
Holly Park Terrace4.7 miles26
Lowman5.1 miles26
Carriage Estates5.3 miles26
Dewittsburg Park Housing Project5.4 miles32
Owens Mills5.5 miles29

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 Q122548951The 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 958743. 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.