Old 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 12136. It lies near Tonys Nose. The Survey maps it on the East Chatham quadrangle. It stands 535 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 Old 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 1 record
Wilbor, The, Houselisted 1997
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 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 East Chatham quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Pittsfield quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
123 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 123 fires within 5 miles of Old Chatham between 1993 and 2020, burning about 126 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 15 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 | 58 |
| Debris and open burning | 18 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 15 |
| Natural | 13 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 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 |
| 23 September 2010 | Smoking | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 22 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 10 September 2009 | Smoking | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 25 August 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 16 August 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 12 August 2006 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Old Chatham in 4 storm reports between 2014 and 2022: 3 thunderstorm wind, 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 2014 | Lightning | Old Chatham | $1,000 | A lightning strike was reported to have downed wires across Albany Turnpike in Chatham. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Old Chatham | - | Trees were reported down on Rock City Road as well as County Route 13 near Spath Street in the town of Chatham. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Old Chatham | - | Trees were reported down on County Route 13 in the town of Chatham as a result of thunderstorm winds. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Old Chatham | - | Trees and power lines were reported down on Hamilton Lane in the town of Chatham as a result of thunderstorm winds. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rayville | 2.0 miles | 21 | |
| Malden Bridge | 2.4 miles | 21 | |
| Riders | 2.4 miles | 21 | |
| Rock City | 2.6 miles | 21 | |
| Riders Mills | 2.8 miles | 21 | |
| East Chatham | 2.9 miles | 21 | |
| Chatham Center | 3.2 miles | 21 | |
| New Concord | 3.6 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 Old Chatham | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7083644 | 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 959263. 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.
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.









