Lake Vanare, 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 stands on Berry Pond Brook. 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 Vanare
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.
- Woodward Halllisted 2014 · 0.3 miles away
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
171 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 171 fires within 5 miles of Lake Vanare between 1992 and 2020, burning about 372 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 15 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 | 77 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 23 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 15 |
| Smoking | 13 |
| Natural | 12 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Debris and open burning | 10 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
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 |
| 7 September 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 6 September 2015 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.9 acres | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 6 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 6 September 2007 | 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 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Lake Vanare: 2 occurrences, 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Granite, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Town Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Occurrence | Granite | Occurrence | 1922 | |
| Unnamed Occurrence | Granite | Past Producer | Granite | |
| Unnamed Quarry | Granite | Occurrence | 1925 |
Storms near this place
7 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lake Vanare in 7 storm reports between 2011 and 2026: 5 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2011 | Flood | Lake Vanare | $676,000 | Flooding occurred along the Hudson River in Warren County from North River southward to the Saratoga County line. Numerous towns reported flooding of roadways, houses and riverside camps. Some properties had several feet of water in them. The following major thoroughfares were closed due to flooding Thursday, April 28th, well into Friday, April 29th: East River Drive in Lake Luzerne, Route 28 and 28N in the Town of Johnsburg and Route 418 in Thurman. The river gauge at North Creek on the Hudson River reached a record crest of 13.65 feet early Friday morning (flood stage is 10 feet). ||The North Creek Trailer Park on Route 28 in the Town of Johnsburg was evacuated Thursday afternoon, April 28th, because water from the Hudson River had entered the park. A mudslide in excess of 200 feet occurred on 13th Lake Road in North River/North Creek. In North Creek, a couple of hundred feet of railway tracks were reported under 2 to 5 feet of water on Thursday, with several buildings in the train station also flooded. In Stony Creek, the 1,000 Acres golf course flooded with the 9th green under 8 feet of water Thursday morning, April 28th. Flood waters receded through Saturday, April 30th. |
| April 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake Vanare | - | A local news outlet reported multiple trees down in the Lake Luzerne Area. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake Vanare | - | Wires were reported down blocking State Route 9N. |
| August 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake Vanare | - | Trees and branches were downed along Howe Road in Lake Luzerne due to thunderstorm winds. |
| August 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake Vanare | - | Trees and trees limbs were downed on Gailey Hill Road in the town of Lake Luzerne due to thunderstorm winds. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake Vanare | - | Trees were reported down due to thunderstorm winds in Lake Vanare. As a result, a portion of Northwood Road off Route 9N was closed. |
| May 2012 | Hail | Lake Vanare | - | Ping-pong ball size (measured) hail was reported during a thunderstorm about 4 miles north-northeast of Lake Luzerne. |
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 | 2.5 miles | 25 | |
| Beartown | 3.1 miles | 25 | |
| Big Hollow | 4.7 miles | 24 | |
| French Mountain | 4.7 miles | 27 | |
| Lake Luzerne | 4.7 miles | 25 | |
| Lake George | 5.5 miles | 29 | |
| Crosbyside | 5.8 miles | 29 | |
| Paradise Beach | 5.8 miles | 27 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 954946. 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.








