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Cedar Lake, New York

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Litchfield town. It lies in ZIP code area 13322. The Survey maps it on the West Winfield quadrangle.

Cedar Lake within Herkimer County

Then and now

1907 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 79 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Cedar Lake, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Cedar Lake, surveyed 1907

On record in Cedar 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

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 17 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

49 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 49 fires within 5 miles of Cedar Lake between 2002 and 2020, burning about 45 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 9 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/undetermined34
Arson/incendiarism9
Debris and open burning4
Natural1
Equipment and vehicle use1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
19 August 2011Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
18 August 2010Arson/incendiarism1.5 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
13 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
11 August 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 July 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
22 July 2016Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
1 July 2014Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
26 June 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Herkimer County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Cedar Lake: 5 producers, 3 past producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Litchfield QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Litchfield QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Golf Road Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Jones & Smith Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Jones & Smith Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Ludlow Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Ludlow Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Millers Mill PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Herkimer County

Storms near this place

8 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cedar Lake in 8 storm reports between 1998 and 2023: 5 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
September 1998Thunderstorm WindCedar Lake$1,000no account filed
August 2023Thunderstorm WindCedar Lake-A tree was downed along Cedarville Road in the Town of Litchfield.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindCedar Lake-Wires down on Jerusalem Hill Road.
August 2016Thunderstorm WindCedar Lake-Trees were downed on the northern end of Berberick Road in the town of Litchfield due to thunderstorm winds.
August 2016Thunderstorm WindCedar Lake-A tree was downed and blocking Berberick Road in the town of Litchfield due to thunderstorm winds.
June 2011HailCedar Lake-Ping-pong ball size hail was reported during a thunderstorm approximately 4 miles north-northwest of Cedarville in Litchfield.
August 2010HailCedar Lake-Penny size hail was reported during a thunderstorm in Cedar Lake. Hail completely covered the ground.
June 2009HailCedar Lake-Nickel size hail was reported near Cedar Lake during a thunderstorm.

Every storm recorded in Herkimer County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Days Corners1.8 miles17
North Winfield1.9 miles17
Jersalem Hill2.2 miles17
Cranes Corners3.5 miles18
Gulph3.8 miles24
Cedarville4.0 miles18
Norwich Corners4.3 miles24
Chepachet4.5 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 946121. 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.