West Chazy, New York
24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Chazy town. It lies in ZIP code area 12992. It stands on Farrell Brook. The Survey maps it on the West Chazy quadrangle. 558 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 290 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1895 to 1986The same ground, surveyed 91 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Population over time
2 figuresWest Chazy grew from 529 to 558 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 529 | |
| 2020 | 558 | +29 (+5%) |
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 Mooers quadrangle1:62500
- 1899 USGS Mooers quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
- 1942 USGS Mooers quadrangle1:62500
- 1943 USGS Mooers quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Lake Champlain quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Mooers quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Lake Champlain quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Lake Champlain quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1966 USGS West Chazy quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Lake Champlain North quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
156 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 156 fires within 5 miles of West Chazy between 1992 and 2020, burning about 225 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 14 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 | 92 |
| Debris and open burning | 27 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 14 |
| Natural | 10 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 September 2008 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 20 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 2 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 11 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 6 August 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 4 August 2001 | Recreation and ceremony | 15 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 4 August 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 14 August 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.1 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of West Chazy: 2 producers, 1 prospect, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Aluminum, Silica, Iron, Water, Free, Sodium, Calcium, Limestone, Dimension. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chazy Quarry #4 | Limestone, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Rand Hill Region Anorthosite | Aluminum, Silica, Iron, Water, Free, Sodium, Calcium | Prospect | Surface | |
| Chauvin Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Shelters Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
9 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names West Chazy in 9 storm reports between 1998 and 2024: 5 hail, 4 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 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | West Chazy | $20,000 | Numerous trees down, including several 5-6 feet in diameter at the base. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | West Chazy | $5,000 | A few reports of trees down and on power lines blocking Barnaby road near West Church street and on Academy road. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | West Chazy | $2,000 | Damaging winds knocked down tree and branches on route 683 and West Church street. |
| October 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | West Chazy | $2,000 | Several trees downed by thunderstorm winds on West Church street. |
| May 2012 | Hail | West Chazy | - | Penny size hail reported. |
| August 2010 | Hail | West Chazy | - | Two reports of half dollar size hail on Atwood Road. |
| August 2010 | Hail | West Chazy | - | One inch diameter hail lasted approximately 10 minutes. |
| August 2010 | Hail | West Chazy | - | Quarter size hail reported on O'Neill road. |
| September 1998 | Hail | West Chazy | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beekmantown | 3.5 miles | 28 | |
| Ingraham | 3.9 miles | 28 | |
| West Beekmantown | 4.2 miles | 24 | |
| East Beekmantown | 5.1 miles | 28 | |
| Sciola | 5.7 miles | 23 | |
| Robinson | 5.7 miles | 24 | |
| Beartown | 5.8 miles | 24 | |
| Chazy | 6.1 miles | 28 |
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 West Chazy | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6166888 | 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 969175. 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.









