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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.

Fourth Lake within Warren County

Then and now

1903 to 1989

The 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 sheet of Fourth Lake, surveyed 1989
Topographic sheet of Fourth Lake, surveyed 1903

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 25 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

107 since 1992

Regional 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/undetermined34
Recreation and ceremony20
Natural15
Debris and open burning14
Arson/incendiarism7
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Smoking5
Equipment and vehicle use2

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
7 September 2015Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
6 September 2015Recreation and ceremony1.9 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
5 September 2015Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
4 September 2015Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
17 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
11 September 2010Naturalunder an acreNew York Forest Rangersnot named
1 September 2017Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
8 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Warren County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Mt. Anthony ProspectFeldspar, IronPast Producer1910, 1927
Town PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unnamed OccurrenceGraniteOccurrence1922
Unnamed OccurrenceGranitePast ProducerGranite
Unnamed OccurrenceGraniteOccurrence1915, 1922
Unnamed QuarryGraniteOccurrence1925

Every working recorded in Warren 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
Lake Vanare2.5 miles25
Lake Luzerne3.1 miles25
Beartown3.9 miles25
Big Hollow6.6 miles24
French Mountain7.0 miles27
Stony Creek7.0 miles23
Danielstown7.2 miles25
Hartman7.7 miles27

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.