Brant Lake, New York
29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Horicon town. It lies in ZIP code area 12815. It lies near Bartonville Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Chestertown quadrangle.
Then and now
1897 to 1989The same ground, surveyed 92 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


On record in Brant Lake
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
Heintzelman Librarylisted 2017
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 29 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.
- 1897 USGS Bolton quadrangle1:62500
- 1900 USGS Bolton quadrangle1:62500, 13 printings
- 1950 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Bolton Landing quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Brant Lake quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Ticonderoga quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Ticonderoga quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
86 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 86 fires within 5 miles of Brant Lake between 1992 and 2020, burning about 107 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 10 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 | 29 |
| Debris and open burning | 14 |
| Natural | 11 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2007 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 30 September 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 2 September 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 17 September 2016 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 11 September 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 11 September 2001 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 11 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 9 August 1997 | Natural | 3.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Brant Lake: 3 occurrences, 2 prospects, 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Mica, Graphite, Sulfur-Pyrite, Mica, Feldspar, Quartz. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chestertown Occurrence | Mica, Feldspar, Quartz | Past Producer | 1897, 1922 | |
| Owens Property Deposit | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Potterville Prospect | Graphite, Sulfur-Pyrite, Mica | Occurrence | Graphite, Phlogopite, Pyrite | |
| Town of Chester Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Occurrence | Granite, Quartz, Feldspar | Occurrence | 1911, 1975 | |
| Willis Brown Property Deposit | Feldspar, Mica | Prospect | ||
| Chestertown Prospect | Mica | Prospect |
Storms near this place
16 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Brant Lake in 16 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 9 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 3 hail, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2011 | Flash Flood | Brant Lake | $12,600,000 | Numerous roads were closed due to flash flooding and damage from heavy rainfall from training thunderstorms in Thurman, Stony Creek, Warrensburg and Chestertown including the following: Mountain Road, High Street, River Road, Harrisburg Road, South Garnet Road, Combs Road (severe damage), Dippikill Road, Green Mansions Road, Stock Farm Road, and Route 9 between Warrensburg and Chestertown.||In Stony Creek, an elderly woman was rescued from her trailer alongside a creek off Murray Road; her home and another trailer were destroyed by the flood waters. Also, a man was rescued from the roof of his home on Warrensburg Road. Some residents of South Garnet Road were stranded in their homes and some students missed several days of school due to a washed out bridge. The Warrensburg Central School District had to reroute bus routes due to damaged roads. ||The Lake George Schroon Valley Resort flooded. Visitors to Camp DippiKill, a retreat owned by the University at Albany student association, were stranded as all access roads were reported washed out. A farm off near Mountain Road suffered flooding, no animals were harmed. |
| September 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brant Lake | $75,000 | Numerous trees were down, and multiple houses were damaged as a result of strong thunderstorm winds at Brant Lake.||A National Weather Service Storm Survey Team found evidence of straight line wind damage as a result of a macroburst, with damage consistent with maximum wind speeds of near 100 MPH. The damage swath was 5 miles long, and 1 mile wide, and occurred on the west and east sides of Brant Lake. The damage on the west side of the lake was more widespread than on the east side.||One large tree fell through the roof of a Palisades Road home, causing an estimated $75,000 in damage. |
| July 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brant Lake | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brant Lake | $2,000 | no account filed |
| December 2023 | Flood | Brant Lake | $1,000 | Route 8 was reported closed due to flooding just past Palisades Road before getting to Brant Lake. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brant Lake | - | A 911 call center operator reported a tree down along Valentine Pond Road. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brant Lake | - | A section of Route 8 between Schroon River Road and Tannery Road near the YMCA closed due to multiple downed trees. |
| July 2023 | Hail | Brant Lake | - | A trained weather spotter reported half dollar size hail near Brant Lake. |
| July 2023 | Hail | Brant Lake | - | A quarter size hail was reported near Brant Lake. |
| October 2019 | Flash Flood | Brant Lake | - | Route 8 was closed in the town of Horicon between Duell Hill Road and Palisades Road due to flooding. |
| August 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brant Lake | - | Trees and wires were downed. |
| August 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brant Lake | - | A tree was down blocked a road. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brant Lake | - | Trees and wires were reported down near Brant Lake due to strong thunderstorm winds. |
| September 2007 | Hail | Brant Lake | - | Quarter size hail was reported covering the ground in Brant Lake. |
| June 2005 | Flash Flood | Brant Lake | - | State Route 8 flooded at Point O' Pines Camp. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brant Lake | - | Trees were blown down. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Starbuckville | 1.5 miles | 26 | |
| South Horicon | 1.6 miles | 26 | |
| Chestertown | 3.2 miles | 26 | |
| Riverbank | 5.1 miles | 30 | |
| Pottersville | 5.3 miles | 26 | |
| Darrowsville | 5.4 miles | 25 | |
| Adirondack | 6.1 miles | 27 | |
| North Bolton | 7.2 miles | 30 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 944649. 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.









