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One of 86 National Register listings published here for Franklin County · listed in 2014 · category: Building.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
U.S. Inspection Station-Chateaugay, New York
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014. 11 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1915.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Address. NY 374, Chateaugay, 12920
- When was it listed? September 2014
- Category. building
- Also known as. U.S. Border Inspection Stations MPS
- Town. Chateaugay town
- National Register reference number. 14000861 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Then and now
1915 to 1994The ground this property stands on, surveyed 79 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Fires near this property
44 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 44 fires within 5 miles of U.S. Inspection Station-Chateaugay, New York between 1999 and 2020, burning about 51 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 5 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 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 6 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 6 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 9 August 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 26 August 2004 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 8 July 2018 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 6 July 2014 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 29 July 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of U.S. Inspection Station-Chateaugay, New York: 1 producer. All of them 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.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willis Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this property
11 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Chateaugay, the town this property stands in, in 11 storm reports between 1993 and 2024: 8 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 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 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chateaugay | $20,000 | Numerous trees and utility lines downed by thunderstorm winds. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chateaugay | $10,000 | Trees and branches downed by thunderstorm winds in Chateaugay. |
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chateaugay | $5,000 | A few trees down in Chateguay, including Chasm road. |
| September 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chateaugay | $5,000 | A few trees and large branches reported down. |
| August 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chateaugay | $5,000 | Severe thunderstorm winds downed trees across County Road 39 in the Town of Chateaugay near the Quebec Border and also downed major power lines along Route 374. |
| August 2004 | Lightning | Chateaugay | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chateaugay | $2,000 | Trees down blocking Cassidy road at Sancomb road. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chateaugay | $2,000 | A few scattered trees downed by thunderstorm winds. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chateaugay | $2,000 | A measured wind gust of 67 mph as well as some tree limbs and small trees down. |
| June 2012 | Hail | Chateaugay | - | Quarter size hail reported and covering the ground. |
| June 2005 | Hail | Chateaugay | - | no account filed |
Maps showing this location
11 surveysUnited 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.
- 1915 USGS Chateaugay quadrangle1:62500 - 4 printings
- 1943 USGS Chateaugay quadrangle1:62500
- 1948 USGS Ogdensburg quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
- 1951 USGS Ogdensburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Ogdensburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Ogdensburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Chateaugay quadrangle1:24000 - 3 printings
- 1977 USGS Chateaugay Port of Entry quadrangle1:25000
- 1985 USGS Massena quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Chateaugay quadrangle1:24000
- 1994 USGS Massena quadrangle1:100000
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 14000861 in Record Group 79. |
| Franklin County | All 86 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.