Kenoza Lake, New York
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1922 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Delaware town. It lies in ZIP code area 12750. It lies near Fulton Hill. The Survey maps it on the Lake Huntington quadrangle. It stands 1,060 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1922 to 1986The same ground, surveyed 64 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


On record in Kenoza 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 1 record
Stone Arch Bridgelisted 1976
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 23 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.
- 1922 USGS White Lake quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
- 1942 USGS White Lake quadrangle1:62500
- 1943 USGS Monticello quadrangle1:125000
- 1943 USGS White Lake quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1944 USGS White Lake quadrangle1:62500
- 1950 USGS Scranton quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Scranton quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Scranton quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Scranton quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Scranton quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1967 USGS Lake Huntington quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Monticello quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
124 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 124 fires within 5 miles of Kenoza Lake between 1999 and 2020, burning about 104 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 15 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 | 51 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 15 |
| Debris and open burning | 15 |
| Natural | 13 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 10 |
| Smoking | 8 |
| Other causes | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 24 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 1.2 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 23 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 21 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 20 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 13 September 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 12 September 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 11 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Kenoza Lake: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Town of Delaware Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Fosterdale Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Fosterdale Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
9 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kenoza Lake in 9 storm reports between 2007 and 2022: 6 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2021 | Flash Flood | Kenoza Lake | $20,000 | Vehicle reported in the river near NY-17B and Mesmer Hill Rd. Water washing out roadway. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kenoza Lake | $10,000 | Strong thunderstorm winds brought down trees and wires. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kenoza Lake | $5,000 | Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down multiple trees in the Town of Delaware. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kenoza Lake | $5,000 | Strong thunderstorm winds brought down trees. |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kenoza Lake | $5,000 | Strong thunderstorm winds brought down an electric pole and wires at the Villa Roma Resort. |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kenoza Lake | $5,000 | Strong thunderstorm winds brought down a tree and wires near 58 Polster Road. |
| September 2021 | Flash Flood | Kenoza Lake | $3,000 | Flooding was occurring over Route 52A near the Stone Arch Bridge historical site. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kenoza Lake | - | Trees and wires were blown down. |
| June 2009 | Hail | Kenoza Lake | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Falls Mills | 1.7 miles | 23 | |
| Fosterdale | 2.1 miles | 23 | |
| Lower Beechwood | 2.5 miles | 21 | |
| Kohlertown | 2.7 miles | 21 | |
| Jeffersonville | 3.4 miles | 21 | |
| Hurd Settlement | 3.6 miles | 23 | |
| Upper Beechwood | 3.7 miles | 21 | |
| East Cochecton | 3.7 miles | 22 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Kenoza Lake | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q48740083 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 954518. 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.











