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North Chittenango, New York

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Sullivan town. It lies in ZIP code area 13037. The Survey maps it on the Canastota quadrangle.

North Chittenango within Madison County

Then and now

1895 to 1985

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 Chittenango, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of North Chittenango, surveyed 1895

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 23 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

90 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 90 fires within 5 miles of North Chittenango between 2000 and 2020, burning about 180 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 17 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/undetermined49
Arson/incendiarism17
Natural8
Debris and open burning7
Equipment and vehicle use7
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
30 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
28 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
12 September 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
10 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 August 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
4 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
28 August 2010Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
27 August 2004Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Madison County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of North Chittenango: 3 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General, 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
Chittenango WellSaltPast Producer
Crouse Gravel BedSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Kinsella PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Kinsella Pit and MillLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Madison County

Storms near this place

2 since 2021

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names North Chittenango in 2 storm reports between 2021 and 2025: 2 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
April 2025Thunderstorm WindNorth Chittenango$3,500Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down a tree onto a car with wires involved. No injuries were reported.
May 2021Thunderstorm WindNorth Chittenango$2,000Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down a tree and wires onto a house.

Every storm recorded in Madison 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
Bolivar1.1 miles26
Sullivan2.3 miles23
Chittenango2.5 miles23
Fyler Settlement2.7 miles26
East Boston2.9 miles23
Oniontown3.4 miles23
Weaver Corner4.1 miles26
Eaton Corners4.1 miles28

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 Q122557394The 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 958745. 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.