West Charlton, New York
24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Charlton town. It lies in ZIP code area 12010. The Survey maps it on the Pattersonville quadrangle.
Then and now
1895 to 1985The 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.


On record in West Charlton
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
West Charlton United Presbyterian Churchlisted 1998
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 24 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.
- 1895 USGS Amsterdam quadrangle1:62500, 7 printings
- 1931 USGS Amsterdam quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1947 USGS Amsterdam quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1948 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Amsterdam quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Pattersonville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Amsterdam quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
141 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 141 fires within 5 miles of West Charlton between 1992 and 2020, burning about 158 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 21 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 | 82 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 21 |
| Debris and open burning | 9 |
| Smoking | 8 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.6 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 27 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 25 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 24 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 9 August 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 6 August 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 30 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 29 August 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2016Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names West Charlton in 3 storm reports between 2016 and 2024: 3 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | West Charlton | - | Trees and wires were downed near Charlton Road in the Town of Charlton. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | West Charlton | - | Multiple trees were downed on Route 147 between Galway and Glenville. |
| August 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | West Charlton | - | Multiple large branches and limbs were downed at the intersection of Routes 67 and 147 in West Charlton due to 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Holbrook Corners | 2.9 miles | 34 | |
| Charlton | 3.6 miles | 34 | |
| Harmony Corners | 4.0 miles | 34 | |
| Galway | 4.1 miles | 21 | |
| Birchton | 4.2 miles | 28 | |
| Fairweather Corners | 4.2 miles | 21 | |
| West Corners | 4.7 miles | 28 | |
| Ruback Camp | 5.0 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.
| Wikidata item Q122552047 | 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 969173. 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.









