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Lake Minnewaska, New York

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Gardiner town. It lies in ZIP code area 12525. The Survey maps it on the Gardiner quadrangle.

Lake Minnewaska within Ulster County

Then and now

1903 to 1986

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 Minnewaska, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Lake Minnewaska, surveyed 1903

On record in Lake Minnewaska

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 within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 25 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

108 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 108 fires within 5 miles of Lake Minnewaska between 1995 and 2020, burning about 145 acres in total. 9 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/undetermined61
Arson/incendiarism16
Natural9
Recreation and ceremony6
Debris and open burning5
Smoking4
Equipment and vehicle use4
Other causes2
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
3 September 2015Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
4 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
25 August 2011Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
19 August 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 July 2010Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
29 July 2010Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
18 July 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
16 July 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Ulster County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Lake Minnewaska: 2 producers. All of them 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
Accord Stone and Lime CompanyStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Krom Road Gravel BankSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Ulster County

Storms near this place

2 since 2016

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lake Minnewaska in 2 storm reports between 2016 and 2017: 1 flood, 1 flash flood. 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
October 2017Flash FloodLake Minnewaska$1,000A lane was closed due to flash flooding.
February 2016FloodLake Minnewaska-U.S. Route 44 in Gardiner near Minewaska State Park was closed due to flooding from heavy rainfall and snow melt occurring over a frozen ground.

Every storm recorded in Ulster 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
Benton Corners2.9 miles25
Wallkill Camp3.2 miles25
Saint Josen3.2 miles27
Granite3.3 miles23
Accord3.5 miles27
Mohonk Lake3.9 miles27
Tuthilltown4.0 miles25
Tuthill4.4 miles25

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 957421. 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.