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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.

Garnet Lake within Warren County

Then and now

1898 to 1997

The 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 sheet of Garnet Lake, surveyed 1997
Topographic sheet of Garnet Lake, surveyed 1898

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 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

30 since 1995

Regional 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/undetermined8
Recreation and ceremony5
Debris and open burning4
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Natural3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Arson/incendiarism2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2

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
9 September 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreNew York Forest RangersROUTE 418 FIRE
7 September 2020Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreNew York Forest RangersMEASLES FIRE
20 August 2020Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreNew York Forest RangersMUD POND FIRE
2 August 1999Natural1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
17 August 2002Natural190 acresNew York Forest RangersHUCKLEBERRY MTN FIRE
4 July 1995Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
22 July 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
22 July 2016Power generation/transmission/distribution1.3 acresNew York Forest RangersGARNET LAKE ROAD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Warren County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Crane Mountain DepositMineral PigmentsOccurrenceMineral Pigments
Rowland MineGraphite, Sulfur-Pyrite, QuartzPast Producer1837, 1900, 1910
Verd-Antique Marble Co QuarryMarble, DimensionPast Producer1850, 1882
Rowland Graphite Co.MineGraphitePast Producer

Every working recorded in Warren County

Storms near this place

4 since 2011

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
December 2023FloodGarnet Lake$20,000Crane Mountain Road was closed was closed due to a road washout and flooding.
December 2023FloodGarnet Lake$3,000A bridge on Cleveland Road over Mill Creek in Johnsburg was impassable due to flooding.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindGarnet Lake-Several trees were downed and a power pole was snapped near Crane Mountain Road.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindGarnet Lake-A tree was reported down on Garnet Lake Road in Garnet Lake due to strong thunderstorm winds.

Every storm 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
Bakers Mills5.1 miles25
Thurman5.1 miles27
Oregon5.8 miles25
Johnsburg5.9 miles27
Fullers6.2 miles23
Edwards Hill6.2 miles27
Sodom6.5 miles26
Knowelhurst6.8 miles23

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.