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Lakeport, New York

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Sullivan town. It lies in ZIP code area 13037. It stands on Canaseraga Creek. The Survey maps it on the Jewell quadrangle.

Lakeport within Madison County

Then and now

1895 to 1985

The 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.

Topographic sheet of Lakeport, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Lakeport, surveyed 1895

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 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

57 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 57 fires within 5 miles of Lakeport between 2000 and 2020, burning about 48 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 8 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/undetermined31
Debris and open burning10
Arson/incendiarism8
Equipment and vehicle use5
Natural3

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
30 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
8 August 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
4 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
23 August 2020Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresFire Department of New YorkNA
22 August 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
14 August 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
12 August 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
26 July 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Madison County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Lakeport: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, General. 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
Limestone QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Madison County

Storms near this place

3 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lakeport in 3 storm reports between 2006 and 2019: 2 hail, 1 heavy rain. 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
July 2006Heavy RainLakeport-4.48 inches of rain was measured during the 11 hour period.
August 2019HailLakeport-no account filed
May 2011HailLakeport-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Madison 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
Eaton Corners1.5 miles28
Oneida Lake Beach West1.6 miles24
Gees Corner2.4 miles24
Oniontown2.9 miles23
Weaver Corner3.3 miles26
Messenger Bay3.8 miles24
Fyler Settlement4.3 miles26
Whitelaw4.4 miles24

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 970274. 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.