Garnet Lake, New York
25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1997. It stands in Johnsburg town. It lies in ZIP code area 12843. It stands on Pine Ridge Brook. The Survey maps it on the Bakers Mills quadrangle.
Then and now
1898 to 1997The same ground, surveyed 99 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
10 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.
- 1898 USGS Thirteenth Lake quadrangle1:62500, 10 printings
- 1950 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Thirteenth Lake quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1964 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Raquette Lake quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1990 USGS Bakers Mills quadrangle1:25000
- 1997 USGS Bakers Mills quadrangle1:25000
Fires near this place
30 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 30 fires within 5 miles of Garnet Lake between 1995 and 2020, burning about 251 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 2 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 | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | ROUTE 418 FIRE |
| 7 September 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | MEASLES FIRE |
| 20 August 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | MUD POND FIRE |
| 2 August 1999 | Natural | 1.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 17 August 2002 | Natural | 190 acres | New York Forest Rangers | HUCKLEBERRY MTN FIRE |
| 4 July 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 22 July 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 22 July 2016 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.3 acres | New York Forest Rangers | GARNET LAKE ROAD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Garnet Lake: 3 past producers, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Graphite, Marble, Dimension, Mineral Pigments, Sulfur-Pyrite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crane Mountain Deposit | Mineral Pigments | Occurrence | Mineral Pigments | |
| Rowland Mine | Graphite, Sulfur-Pyrite, Quartz | Past Producer | 1837, 1900, 1910 | |
| Verd-Antique Marble Co Quarry | Marble, Dimension | Past Producer | 1850, 1882 | |
| Rowland Graphite Co.Mine | Graphite | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Garnet Lake in 4 storm reports between 2011 and 2024: 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2023 | Flood | Garnet Lake | $20,000 | Crane Mountain Road was closed was closed due to a road washout and flooding. |
| December 2023 | Flood | Garnet Lake | $3,000 | A bridge on Cleveland Road over Mill Creek in Johnsburg was impassable due to flooding. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Garnet Lake | - | Several trees were downed and a power pole was snapped near Crane Mountain Road. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Garnet Lake | - | A tree was reported down on Garnet Lake Road in Garnet Lake due to strong thunderstorm winds. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakers Mills | 5.1 miles | 25 | |
| Thurman | 5.1 miles | 27 | |
| Oregon | 5.8 miles | 25 | |
| Johnsburg | 5.9 miles | 27 | |
| Fullers | 6.2 miles | 23 | |
| Edwards Hill | 6.2 miles | 27 | |
| Sodom | 6.5 miles | 26 | |
| Knowelhurst | 6.8 miles | 23 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 950917. 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.









