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Indian Lake, New York

28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1997. It stands in Indian Lake town. It lies in ZIP code area 12842. It lies near Crow Hill. The Survey maps it on the Rock Lake quadrangle.

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Indian Lake within Hamilton County

Then and now

1903 to 1997

The same ground, surveyed 94 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Indian Lake, surveyed 1997
Topographic sheet of Indian Lake, surveyed 1903

On record in Indian 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 3 records

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 28 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

34 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 34 fires within 5 miles of Indian Lake between 1992 and 2020, burning about 27 acres in total. 10 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
Natural10
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Recreation and ceremony6
Debris and open burning3
Smoking2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Arson/incendiarism2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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 1993Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
5 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.6 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 September 1995Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
23 September 2017Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
23 September 2017Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreNew York Forest RangersCEDAR RIVER FIRE
12 September 2002Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreNew York Forest RangersCLEVELAND RD
11 September 1995Natural1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
9 August 2020Natural1.6 acresFire Department of New YorkNA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hamilton County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Indian Lake: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Garnet. 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
Bullhead Pond DepositGarnetPast Producer
Mcginn Hill DepositGarnetPast Producer

Every working recorded in Hamilton County

Storms near this place

24 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Indian Lake in 24 storm reports between 1993 and 2022: 15 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 2 flood, 1 flash 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
July 1995Thunderstorm WindIndian Lake$100,000no account filed
February 1997Thunderstorm WindIndian Lake$8,000no account filed
August 1993Thunderstorm WindIndian Lake$5,000Severe thunderstorm winds downed trees and power lines during the late afternoon of August 31st. One of the trees fell on a van causing extensive damage.
August 1993Thunderstorm WindIndian Lake$5,000Severe thunderstorm winds downed a large tree and powerlines along Cedar River Road near the Wakely golf course in the Town of Indian Lake on the afternoon of July 8th.
January 1996Thunderstorm WindIndian Lake$5,000no account filed
May 1998Thunderstorm WindIndian Lake$2,000no account filed
May 2022Thunderstorm WindIndian Lake-A tree and wires were reported down.
October 2020Thunderstorm WindIndian Lake-Downed utility poles and wires were blocking Route 30.
October 2019Flash FloodIndian Lake-Route 30 was closed between Speculator and Indian Lake due to flooding.
August 2017Thunderstorm WindIndian Lake-Trees and wires were downed.
September 2012Thunderstorm WindIndian Lake-Trees and wires were reported down due to thunderstorm winds in Indian Lake.
April 2011FloodIndian Lake-The Cedar River Golf Course along Route 28 was flooded. The Cedar River cuts through the golf course.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindIndian Lake-Trees and wires were reported down in Indian Lake due to strong thunderstorm winds.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindIndian Lake-Trees and power lines were reported down in Indian Lake due to strong thunderstorm winds.
August 2007HailIndian Lake-Quarter size hail was reported in Indian Lake.
August 2007HailIndian Lake-Nickel size hail was reported at Indian Lake.
May 2006HailIndian Lake-A trained spotter reported one-inch hail in Indian Lake.
May 2006HailIndian Lake-A trained spotter reported three-quarter-inch hail in Indian Lake.
June 2006FloodIndian Lake-A trained spotter reported that Cedar River and Big Brook were flooding.
July 2005Thunderstorm WindIndian Lake-Trees and power lines down.
November 2005Thunderstorm WindIndian Lake-A utility company reported that trees and power lines were blown down at Indian Lake.
May 2017HailIndian Lake-no account filed
May 2017HailIndian Lake-no account filed
June 2005Thunderstorm WindIndian Lake-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Hamilton 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
Sabael4.1 miles27
Blue Mountain Lake10.4 miles28
Eagle Nest12.2 miles28
Deerland14.7 miles28
Long Lake15.3 miles28
Sagamore18.9 miles30
Woods18.9 miles30
Hasbroucks20.2 miles30

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 953673. 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.