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One of 233 National Register listings published here for Monroe County · listed in 1975 · category: District.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Chili Mills Conservation Area
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975. 9 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1899.
The listing
- Address. 1 mi. SW of West Chili off Stuart Rd. along Black Creek, West Chili, 14514
- When was it listed? March 1975
- Category. district
- Town. Chili town
- National Register reference number. 75001198 - 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
138 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 138 fires within 5 miles of Chili Mills Conservation Area between 2002 and 2020, burning about 74 acres in total. 15 started naturally. 22 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 | 46 |
| Smoking | 23 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 22 |
| Natural | 15 |
| Debris and open burning | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 8 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 5 September 2009 | Smoking | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 3 September 2002 | Smoking | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 27 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 21 September 2009 | Smoking | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 19 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 15 September 2017 | Smoking | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
Mines and quarries near this property
9 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Chili Mills Conservation Area: 6 past producers, 2 producers, 1 prospect. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gypsum-Anhydrite, Salt, Natural Gas. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reber No.1 Well | Salt, Natural Gas | Prospect | ||
| Abandoned Gypsum Workings | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Past Producer | ||
| M. Rogers Farm Gypsum Deposit | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Past Producer | ||
| Mcvane Farm Adit | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Past Producer | ||
| Miller Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Miller Pit and Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Scottsville Gravel Products Inc | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Wheatland Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Wheatland Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this property
2 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names West Chili, the town this property stands in, in 2 storm reports between 2009 and 2014: 1 flood, 1 flash 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2014 | Flash Flood | West Chili | $50,000 | no account filed |
| February 2009 | Flood | West Chili | $25,000 | no account filed |
Maps showing this location
9 surveysUnited States Geological Survey topographic sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the middle of the area the National Park Service maps for this listing, then testing that coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet.
- 1899 USGS Bergen quadrangle1:62500 - 3 printings
- 1899 USGS Brockport quadrangle1:62500 - 5 printings
- 1934 USGS Clifton quadrangle1:24000 - 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Clifton quadrangle1:24000 - 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:250000 - 3 printings
- 1965 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Clifton quadrangle1:24000 - 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:100000 - 2 printings
Listed places nearby
6 within 8 milesOther 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Riga Academy | 3.2 miles | 1980 |
 | Wheatland Baptist Cemetery | 4.1 miles | 2006 |
 | William Shirts House | 4.3 miles | 2004 |
 | David McVean House | 4.8 miles | 2006 |
 | Garbuttsville Cemetery | 4.9 miles | 2006 |
| Oatka Cemetery | 5.3 miles | 2014 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 75001198 in Record Group 79. |
| Monroe County | All 233 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.