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Lakemont, New York

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Starkey town. It lies in ZIP code area 14837. The Survey maps it on the Dundee quadrangle.

Lakemont within Yates County

Then and now

1902 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 84 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Lakemont, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Lakemont, surveyed 1902

On record in Lakemont

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

8 surveys from 24 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

90 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 90 fires within 5 miles of Lakemont between 1992 and 2020, burning about 79 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 9 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/undetermined37
Debris and open burning25
Arson/incendiarism9
Natural7
Recreation and ceremony4
Equipment and vehicle use4
Smoking2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Other causes1

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
3 September 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
28 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
7 August 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
5 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 August 2005Other causesunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 August 2005Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
31 August 2003Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Yates 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 Lakemont: 2 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Halite, Salt. 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
Seneca Lake MineHalitePast ProducerHalite
Seneca Lake MineSaltPast Producer
Arcangeli PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Holly PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Yates County

Storms near this place

7 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lakemont in 7 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 4 thunderstorm wind, 3 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
June 1994Thunderstorm WindLakemont$50,000no account filed
August 2019Thunderstorm WindLakemont$10,000Strong thunderstorm winds brought down trees and wires along Dundee-Lakemont Road.
May 2012Thunderstorm WindLakemont$2,000Several trees were blown down.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindLakemont$500Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down a large tree down in a yard.
August 2014HailLakemont-no account filed
June 2014HailLakemont-no account filed
June 2014HailLakemont-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Yates 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
Starkey1.3 miles24
Glenora1.4 miles30
Dundee2.6 miles24
Rock Stream3.1 miles30
Himrod5.3 miles24
Porter Corner6.1 miles22
Crystal Spring6.9 miles21
Randall Crossing7.0 miles24

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 954955. 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.