Chenango Canal Prism and Lock 107

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2010. 12 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1904.

From the record

“Chenango Canal Prism and Lock 107 is a national historic district located at Chenango Forks in Broome County, New York, United States. The district includes four contributing structures.”
Wikipedia article Chenango Canal Prism and Lock 107, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 66 National Register listings published here for Broome County · listed in 2010 · category: Structure.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 4 structuress as contributing to the listing.
Address. River Rd, Chenango Forks, 13746
When was it listed? June 2010
Category. structure
Also known as. Historic and Engineering Resources of the Chenango Canal MPS
Town. Barker town
National Register reference number. 10000359 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.

Fires near this property

97 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 97 fires within 5 miles of Chenango Canal Prism and Lock 107 between 1992 and 2020, burning about 105 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 8 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	28
Debris and open burning	26
Smoking	9
Arson/incendiarism	8
Equipment and vehicle use	7
Natural	5
Misuse of fire by a minor	5
Railroad operations and maintenance	4
Power generation/transmission/distribution	4
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
5 September 2000	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
20 September 2015	Natural	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	NA
1 September 2005	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
22 August 2016	Railroad operations and maintenance	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
19 August 2002	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
17 August 2006	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
17 August 2002	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
3 July 2016	Power generation/transmission/distribution	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A

Every fire recorded in Broome County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Chenango Canal Prism and Lock 107: 7 producers, 5 past producers. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Chenango Bridge Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Crouch Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Hales Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary
Hales Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Inghram Sand and Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary
Inghram Sand and Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
New York State Dept. Trans. Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
O Brien Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Pond 4 Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Rose Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Broome County

Storms near this property

18 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Chenango Forks, the town this property stands in, in 18 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 9 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 2 flash flood, 2 flood. 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 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Chenango Forks	$18,000	no account filed
July 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Chenango Forks	$6,000	A thunderstorm moved across the region and became severe. This thunderstorm produced severe winds and knocked over a tree on Route 12 and Oak Hill Road which caused a motor vehicle accident.
August 2018	Flash Flood	Chenango Forks	$5,000	Flash flooding closed Route 11 near Knapp Hill Road.
August 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Chenango Forks	$4,000	Fire department called out for trees and wires down.
July 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Chenango Forks	$3,000	A thunderstorm moved across the region and became severe. This thunderstorm produced severe winds and knocked over a tree and power lines on Pigeon Hill Road.
July 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Chenango Forks	$2,500	Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down large trees on Hill Road.
June 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Chenango Forks	$2,000	Trees and wires were blown down.
July 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Chenango Forks	$1,000	Several trees were blown down.
July 1994	Thunderstorm Wind	Chenango Forks	$500	no account filed
May 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	Chenango Forks	$250	Strong thunderstorm winds knocked tree down.
November 2006	Flood	Chenango Forks	-	Heavy rain caused the Chenango River at Chenango Forks to go above its flood stage of 10 feet. The river crested at 10.89 feet and minor flooding was observed.
May 2000	Flash Flood	Chenango Forks	-	Mix Road was washed out by flash flooding.
May 2000	Lightning	Chenango Forks	-	One woman suffered minor injuries while talking on the telephone when lightning struck near her home.
July 2012	Hail	Chenango Forks	-	no account filed
June 2011	Hail	Chenango Forks	-	no account filed
June 2009	Hail	Chenango Forks	-	no account filed
May 2007	Hail	Chenango Forks	-	no account filed
June 2006	Flood	Chenango Forks	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Broome County

Maps showing this location

12 surveys

United States Geological Survey topographic sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the coordinate the National Park Service records for this property, then testing that coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet.

1904 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:62500 - 9 printings
1935 USGS Chenango Forks quadrangle1:24000
1942 USGS Chenango Forks quadrangle1:31680 - 2 printings
1942 USGS Chenango Forks quadrangle1:24000
1948 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
1950 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
1950 USGS Chenango Forks quadrangle1:25000
1958 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
1960 USGS Chenango Forks quadrangle1:24000
1963 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
1968 USGS Chenango Forks quadrangle1:24000 - 2 printings
1985 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:100000 - 2 printings

Listed places nearby

2 within 8 miles

Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.

Photograph	Property	Distance	Listed
	Stone Spillway, National Defense Stockpile Center	6.3 miles	2004
	Bevier-Wright House	7.6 miles	2008

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 10000359 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Broome County	All 66 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
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.