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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.

Lake Vanare within Warren County

Then and now

1903 to 1989

The 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.

Topographic sheet of Lake Vanare, surveyed 1989
Topographic sheet of Lake Vanare, surveyed 1903

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.

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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

171 since 1992

Regional 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/undetermined77
Recreation and ceremony23
Arson/incendiarism15
Smoking13
Natural12
Equipment and vehicle use11
Debris and open burning10
Power generation/transmission/distribution7
Misuse of fire by a minor3

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
8 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2015Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
7 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2015Recreation and ceremony1.9 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
6 September 2010Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2015Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
4 September 2015Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Warren County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Town PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unnamed OccurrenceGraniteOccurrence1922
Unnamed OccurrenceGranitePast ProducerGranite
Unnamed QuarryGraniteOccurrence1925

Every working recorded in Warren County

Storms near this place

7 since 2011

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2011FloodLake Vanare$676,000Flooding 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 2026Thunderstorm WindLake Vanare-A local news outlet reported multiple trees down in the Lake Luzerne Area.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindLake Vanare-Wires were reported down blocking State Route 9N.
August 2016Thunderstorm WindLake Vanare-Trees and branches were downed along Howe Road in Lake Luzerne due to thunderstorm winds.
August 2016Thunderstorm WindLake Vanare-Trees and trees limbs were downed on Gailey Hill Road in the town of Lake Luzerne due to thunderstorm winds.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindLake 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 2012HailLake Vanare-Ping-pong ball size (measured) hail was reported during a thunderstorm about 4 miles north-northeast of Lake Luzerne.

Every storm recorded in Warren 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
Fourth Lake2.5 miles25
Beartown3.1 miles25
Big Hollow4.7 miles24
French Mountain4.7 miles27
Lake Luzerne4.7 miles25
Lake George5.5 miles29
Crosbyside5.8 miles29
Paradise Beach5.8 miles27

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.