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.
Then and now
1903 to 1986The 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.


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.
Trapps Mountain Hamlet Historic Districtlisted 2000 · 0.2 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 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 Newburg quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1903 USGS Newburgh quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1943 USGS Gardiner quadrangle1:31680
- 1946 USGS Newburgh quadrangle1:62500
- 1950 USGS Scranton quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Scranton quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Gardiner quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Scranton quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Scranton quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Scranton quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Monticello quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
108 since 1995Regional 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/undetermined | 61 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 16 |
| Natural | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 4 August 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 25 August 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 19 August 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 3 July 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 29 July 2010 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 18 July 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 16 July 2003 | 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
2 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Accord Stone and Lime Company | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Krom Road Gravel Bank | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2016Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2017 | Flash Flood | Lake Minnewaska | $1,000 | A lane was closed due to flash flooding. |
| February 2016 | Flood | Lake 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. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benton Corners | 2.9 miles | 25 | |
| Wallkill Camp | 3.2 miles | 25 | |
| Saint Josen | 3.2 miles | 27 | |
| Granite | 3.3 miles | 23 | |
| Accord | 3.5 miles | 27 | |
| Mohonk Lake | 3.9 miles | 27 | |
| Tuthilltown | 4.0 miles | 25 | |
| Tuthill | 4.4 miles | 25 |
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.










