Lake Bluff, New York

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Huron town. It lies in ZIP code area 14590. It lies near Le Roy Island. The Survey maps it on the Sodus Point quadrangle.

Lake Bluff within Wayne County

Then and now

1902 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 83 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Lake Bluff, surveyed 1985

Topographic sheet of Lake Bluff, surveyed 1902

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 21 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.

1902 USGS Sodus Bay quadrangle1:62500, 7 printings
1943 USGS Sodus Point quadrangle1:31680
1953 USGS Sodus Point quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
1960 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1961 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1965 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:250000
1985 USGS Syracuse quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings

Fires near this place

89 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 89 fires within 5 miles of Lake Bluff between 2001 and 2020, burning about 67 acres in total. 6 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	7
Recreation and ceremony	6
Natural	6
Equipment and vehicle use	2
Smoking	1
Other causes	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
7 September 2005	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
4 September 2020	Equipment and vehicle use	5.0 acres	Fire Department of New York	NA
4 September 2002	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
3 September 2002	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
10 September 2008	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.4 acres	Fire Department of New York	not named
10 September 2005	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.4 acres	Fire Department of New York	not named
1 September 2007	Other causes	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
8 August 2016	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Wayne 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 Lake Bluff: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron. 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
	Salmon Creek	Iron	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Wayne 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Sunset View	1.9 miles	23
Bonni Castle	2.4 miles	23
Sodus Point	2.5 miles	21
Lummisville	2.7 miles	23
East Bay Park	2.8 miles	21
North Huron	3.1 miles	21
Resort	3.3 miles	23
Idlewood On The Lake	3.6 miles	14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 954895. 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.