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North Chili, New York

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Chili town. It lies in ZIP code area 14514. The Survey maps it on the Clifton quadrangle. It stands 584 feet above sea level.

North Chili within Monroe County

Then and now

1899 to 1984

The same ground, surveyed 85 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 Chili, surveyed 1984
Topographic sheet of North Chili, surveyed 1899

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 24 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

311 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 311 fires within 5 miles of North Chili between 2002 and 2020, burning about 163 acres in total. 27 started naturally. 56 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/undetermined90
Smoking86
Arson/incendiarism56
Natural27
Debris and open burning23
Misuse of fire by a minor11
Equipment and vehicle use10
Recreation and ceremony5
Power generation/transmission/distribution3

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 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
8 September 2018Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
8 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
8 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2002Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2009Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 September 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 September 2002Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Monroe County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of North Chili: 3 past producers, 2 producers, 1 prospect. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Salt, Natural Gas. 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
Reber No.1 WellSalt, Natural GasProspect
Pease PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Union Street PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Union Street PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Wheatland PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Wheatland PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Monroe County

Storms near this place

1 since 2025

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names North Chili in 1 storm report in 2025: 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
March 2025Thunderstorm WindNorth Chili$2,000Tree down on wires in North Chili.

Every storm recorded in Monroe 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
West Chili1.8 miles24
Chili Center3.3 miles28
Town Pump3.4 miles24
Ogden Center3.6 miles24
Coldwater3.9 miles32
Churchville4.3 miles20
Five Points4.5 miles24
Spencerport4.6 miles24

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 ChiliAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q48739340The 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 958744. 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.