Lakeland, New York
29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Geddes town. It lies in ZIP code area 13209. It stands on Ninemile Creek. The Survey maps it on the Syracuse West quadrangle. 2,556 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 479 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1895 to 1985The same ground, surveyed 90 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Population over time
2 figuresLakeland fell from 2,786 to 2,556 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 | 2,786 | |
| 2020 | 2,556 | -230 (-8%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 29 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.
- 1895 USGS Syracuse quadrangle1:62500
- 1898 USGS Syracuse quadrangle1:62500, 10 printings
- 1939 USGS Syracuse West quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1939 USGS Syracuse West quadrangle1:31680
- 1947 USGS Syracuse West quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Syracuse West quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1965 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Syracuse West quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Syracuse quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
479 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 479 fires within 5 miles of Lakeland between 2000 and 2020, burning about 306 acres in total. 42 started naturally. 81 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 | 236 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 81 |
| Natural | 42 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 38 |
| Smoking | 29 |
| Debris and open burning | 24 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 13 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 8 September 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 8 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 8 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 7 September 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 7 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 6 September 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 6 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Lakeland: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Bloating Material. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Warners | Bloating Material | Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Syracuse Pottery Clay Mine | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Warners Clay Pit | Clay | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
5 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lakeland in 5 storm reports between 2012 and 2025: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lakeland | $5,000 | Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down multiple trees and wires. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lakeland | $1,000 | Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down a tree on a road. |
| September 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lakeland | $1,000 | Six trees were snapped off along Birch Road in Lakeland. A portion of a tree fell on a house. Also, large limbs were blown down throughout the area. |
| August 2025 | Hail | Lakeland | - | no account filed |
| August 2025 | Hail | Lakeland | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Belle Isle | 0.8 miles | 24 | |
| Pleasant View | 0.8 miles | 29 | |
| Lakeside | 1.2 miles | 24 | |
| Edgewood Garden | 1.5 miles | 24 | |
| Liverpool | 1.6 miles | 29 | |
| Lindbergh Lawns | 1.9 miles | 24 | |
| Long Branch | 1.9 miles | 29 | |
| Amboy | 2.2 miles | 24 |
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 Lakeland | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3460858 | 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 954952. 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.










