Lake Luzerne, New York
25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Lake Luzerne town. It lies in ZIP code area 12846. It lies near Cobble Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Lake Luzerne quadrangle.
Then and now
1903 to 1989The same ground, surveyed 86 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


On record in Lake Luzerne
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
- Woodward Halllisted 2014
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 25 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.
- 1903 USGS Luzerne quadrangle1:62500, 8 printings
- 1950 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Lake Luzerne quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Lake Luzerne quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
135 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 135 fires within 5 miles of Lake Luzerne between 1992 and 2019, burning about 166 acres in total. 14 started naturally. 9 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 | 55 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 20 |
| Debris and open burning | 16 |
| Natural | 14 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 September 2015 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 6 September 2015 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.9 acres | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 6 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 5 September 2015 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 4 September 2015 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 24 September 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 17 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Lake Luzerne: 3 past producers, 2 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Granite, Marble, Dimension, Feldspar, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mt. Anthony Prospect | Feldspar, Iron | Past Producer | 1910, 1927 | |
| Pallette Quarry | Marble, Dimension | Past Producer | Metamorphic | |
| Pallette Quarry | Marble, Dimension | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Occurrence | Granite | Occurrence | 1922, 1975 | |
| Unnamed Occurrence | Granite | Occurrence | 1922 | |
| Unnamed Occurrence | Granite | Past Producer | Granite |
Storms near this place
11 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lake Luzerne in 11 storm reports between 1994 and 2021: 10 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood. The reports record 2 deaths. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake Luzerne | 2 killed, $20,000 | no account filed |
| November 2019 | Flood | Lake Luzerne | $30,000 | The Hudson River at Hadley reached moderate flood stage at 1000EST 1 November, rising to a crest of 17.96 feet at 1545EST. It fell below moderate flood stage buy 0118EST 2 November. The floodwaters reached some riverside streets in the Lake Luzerne area, including Stephen Lane where residents were evacuated. A residence on East River Drive sustained damage to basement walls as a result of the flooding. |
| August 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake Luzerne | $15,000 | no account filed |
| July 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake Luzerne | $5,000 | no account filed |
| August 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake Luzerne | $2,000 | no account filed |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake Luzerne | $2,000 | no account filed |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake Luzerne | $1,000 | no account filed |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake Luzerne | - | A tree fell on wires near Lake Luzerne-Hadley. |
| October 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake Luzerne | - | Route 9N was closed at Ben Rosa Park Road in Lake-Luzerne-Hadley due to a downed tree. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake Luzerne | - | Trees were reported down in Lake Luzerne due to thunderstorm winds. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake Luzerne | - | Two miles north of Lake Luzerne, trees were blown down. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fourth Lake | 3.1 miles | 25 | |
| Beartown | 3.9 miles | 25 | |
| Danielstown | 4.6 miles | 25 | |
| Lake Vanare | 4.7 miles | 25 | |
| Hartman | 5.6 miles | 27 | |
| West Glens Falls | 8.0 miles | 27 | |
| French Mountain | 8.2 miles | 27 | |
| Paradise Beach | 8.6 miles | 27 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 954925. 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.








