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Lake Huntington, New York

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1922 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Cochecton town. It lies in ZIP code area 12752. The Survey maps it on the Lake Huntington quadrangle.

Lake Huntington within Sullivan County

Then and now

1922 to 1986

The 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.

Topographic sheet of Lake Huntington, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Lake Huntington, surveyed 1922

On record in Lake Huntington

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

12 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

131 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 131 fires within 5 miles of Lake Huntington between 1999 and 2020, burning about 136 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 16 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/undetermined64
Debris and open burning17
Arson/incendiarism16
Natural13
Power generation/transmission/distribution7
Other causes6
Smoking5
Equipment and vehicle use3

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
27 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
24 September 2005Debris and open burning1.2 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
23 September 2008Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
21 September 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
20 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
13 September 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
11 September 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
16 August 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sullivan County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Lake Huntington: 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Town of Delaware PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Fosterdale QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast ProducerSedimentary
Fosterdale QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Sullivan County

Storms near this place

4 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lake Huntington in 4 storm reports between 1997 and 2026: 4 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 1997Thunderstorm WindLake Huntington$25,000The line of severe thunderstorms that caused widespread damage across northeast Pennsylvania moved across the Delaware River and into Sullivan county. Wind damage in the form of downed trees and power lines was reported in many localities across the middle part of the county.
September 1998Thunderstorm WindLake Huntington$10,000A thunderstorm cell quickly strengthened to severe intensity over central portions of the county just prior to sunrise. Wind gusts knocked down several trees and some power lines in and close to Lake Huntington around 600 am EDT.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindLake Huntington$5,000Strong thunderstorm winds brought down trees.
April 2026Thunderstorm WindLake Huntington$1,000Strong thunderstorms winds knocked a tree down on county route 116 near Lake Huntington.

Every storm recorded in Sullivan 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
Fosterdale1.9 miles23
Cochecton Center2.1 miles23
East Cochecton2.5 miles22
Falls Mills3.3 miles23
Cochecton3.9 miles22
Odell4.0 miles23
Kenoza Lake4.1 miles23
Tylertown4.6 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 954919. 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.