Lake Mohegan, New York
41 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Yorktown town. It lies in ZIP code area 10547. It lies near Jones Hill. The Survey maps it on the Mohegan Lake quadrangle. 5,896 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 522 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1892 to 1986The same ground, surveyed 94 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 Mohegan
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.
St. George's Churchlisted 2012 · 0.6 miles away
Population over time
2 figuresLake Mohegan fell from 6,010 to 5,896 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 6,010 | |
| 2020 | 5,896 | -114 (-2%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
15 surveys from 41 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.
- 1892 USGS West Point quadrangle1:62500
- 1894 USGS West Point quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1899 USGS West Point quadrangle1:62500
- 1901 USGS West Point quadrangle1:62500, 12 printings
- 1936 USGS West Point quadrangle1:62500
- 1936 USGS West Point quadrangle1:48000
- 1941 USGS West Point quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1947 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1947 USGS West Point quadrangle1:62500
- 1948 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Mohegan Lake quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1961 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1965 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Bridgeport quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
385 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 385 fires within 5 miles of Lake Mohegan between 2000 and 2020, burning about 288 acres in total. 21 started naturally. 47 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 | 234 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 47 |
| Smoking | 30 |
| Debris and open burning | 24 |
| Natural | 21 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 9 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 8 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 6 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 5 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 3 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 29 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 26 September 2016 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6.3 acres | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 25 September 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.5 acres | New York Forest Rangers | SOUTH MOUNTAIN PASS |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 18 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Lake Mohegan: 11 past producers, 3 producers, 2 occurrences, 1 plant. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Emery, Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Croft Magnetite Mine | Iron, Sulfur | Past Producer | Magnetite, Pyrite | |
| Croft Mine | Iron, Sulfur | Past Producer | ||
| Kinnaird Graphite Property Deposit | Graphite | Occurrence | ||
| Leardi Mine | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Oregon Road Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Oregon Road Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Croft Mine | Iron | Past Producer | Magnetite | |
| Todd Magnetite Mine | Iron | Past Producer | Calcite, Chlorite, Epidote, Hornblende, Magnetite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite | |
| Todd Magnetite/Phillips Mines | Iron | Past Producer | Magnetite | |
| Todd Mine | Iron | Past Producer | 1880 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mohegan Lake | 0.7 miles | 41 | |
| Shrub Oak | 1.6 miles | 41 | |
| Oregon | 1.7 miles | 41 | |
| Crompond | 1.9 miles | 41 | |
| Roe Park | 2.1 miles | 43 | |
| Yorktown | 2.5 miles | 41 | |
| Jefferson Village | 2.6 miles | 41 | |
| Toddville | 2.8 miles | 43 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Lake Mohegan | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3472572 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1852903. 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.














