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Interlaken, New York

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Covert town. It lies in ZIP code area 14847. The Survey maps it on the Trumansburg quadrangle.

Interlaken within Seneca County

Then and now

1902 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 84 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Interlaken, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Interlaken, surveyed 1902

On record in Interlaken

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 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 23 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 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 34 fires within 5 miles of Interlaken between 1998 and 2020, burning about 24 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 4 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/undetermined20
Arson/incendiarism4
Natural4
Debris and open burning4
Smoking1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
8 September 2012Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
18 September 2018Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
16 September 2018Misuse of fire by a minor2.5 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
31 August 2013Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
30 August 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 July 2012Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
21 July 2010Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
13 July 2000Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Seneca County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Interlaken: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Salt. 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
Carrie Chapman No.1 WellSaltPast Producer

Every working recorded in Seneca County

Storms near this place

7 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Interlaken in 7 storm reports between 2004 and 2022: 7 thunderstorm wind. 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
August 2004Thunderstorm WindInterlaken$10,000Thunderstorm winds downed numerous trees.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindInterlaken$5,000Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down a tree and lines on Holten Beach Road.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindInterlaken$5,000A severe thunderstorm produced severe winds as it moved across the area. The thunderstorm resulted in a few trees being knocked over.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindInterlaken$1,000Power lines were knocked down.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindInterlaken$1,000Trees and limbs were blown down on Main Street.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindInterlaken-Trees were blown down on Powell Road and Railroad Avenue. Pea size hail also fell.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindInterlaken-Trees were blown down in Interlaken and Trumansburg on the Seneca County side.

Every storm recorded in Seneca 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
Interlaken Beach2.1 miles23
Holton Beach2.1 miles23
Bergen Beach2.2 miles23
Kidders2.3 miles23
Cold Springs2.7 miles23
Sheldrake Springs3.3 miles25
Sheldrake3.5 miles23
Covert3.6 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 974030. 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.