Fourth Lake, New York
25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Lake Luzerne town. It lies in ZIP code area 12846. It stands on Stewart Brook. The Survey maps it on the Lake Luzerne quadrangle.
Then and now
1903 to 1989The same ground, surveyed 86 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 25 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.
- 1903 USGS Luzerne quadrangle1:62500, 8 printings
- 1950 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Lake Luzerne quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Lake Luzerne quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
107 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 107 fires within 5 miles of Fourth Lake between 1992 and 2020, burning about 347 acres in total. 15 started naturally. 7 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 | 34 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 20 |
| Natural | 15 |
| Debris and open burning | 14 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
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 2015 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 6 September 2015 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.9 acres | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 5 September 2015 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 4 September 2015 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 17 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 11 September 2010 | Natural | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 1 September 2017 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 8 August 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Fourth Lake: 3 occurrences, 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Granite, Feldspar, Iron, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mt. Anthony Prospect | Feldspar, Iron | Past Producer | 1910, 1927 | |
| Town Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Occurrence | Granite | Occurrence | 1922 | |
| Unnamed Occurrence | Granite | Past Producer | Granite | |
| Unnamed Occurrence | Granite | Occurrence | 1915, 1922 | |
| Unnamed Quarry | Granite | Occurrence | 1925 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Vanare | 2.5 miles | 25 | |
| Lake Luzerne | 3.1 miles | 25 | |
| Beartown | 3.9 miles | 25 | |
| Big Hollow | 6.6 miles | 24 | |
| French Mountain | 7.0 miles | 27 | |
| Stony Creek | 7.0 miles | 23 | |
| Danielstown | 7.2 miles | 25 | |
| Hartman | 7.7 miles | 27 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 950547. 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.








