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Lapeer, New York

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Lapeer town. It lies in ZIP code area 13803. The Survey maps it on the Marathon quadrangle.

Lapeer within Cortland County

Then and now

1903 to 1992

The same ground, surveyed 89 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Lapeer, surveyed 1992
Topographic sheet of Lapeer, surveyed 1903

On record in Lapeer

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 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 22 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

48 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 48 fires within 5 miles of Lapeer between 2003 and 2020, burning about 92 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 1 was 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
Debris and open burning21
Missing data/not specified/undetermined18
Natural4
Equipment and vehicle use2
Recreation and ceremony1
Smoking1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
7 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
2 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
11 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 August 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
13 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
31 July 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
1 July 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 May 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.1 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cortland County

Storms near this place

5 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lapeer in 5 storm reports between 1994 and 2023: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 lightning, 1 flash flood. The reports record 3 injuries. 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
May 2001LightningLapeer3 hurtLightning struck a barn where people were taking shelter from a thunderstorm. 3 people were injured as the lightning moved through an electrical box in the barn. One victim was reported to be in critical condition.
December 2023Flash FloodLapeer$30,000Jennings Creek is out of bank and flooding nearby properties. There is also extensive yard and basement flooding in the area.
August 1995Thunderstorm WindLapeer$10,000no account filed
May 2001Thunderstorm WindLapeer-Trees and wires were blown down by thunderstorm winds.
June 1994HailLapeer-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Cortland 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
Hunts Corners1.3 miles22
East Virgil3.4 miles22
Messengerville3.5 miles22
Marathon3.5 miles22
Riverside Manor3.8 miles22
Galatia4.7 miles22
Harford Mills5.8 miles21
Freetown Corners6.4 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 972707. 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.

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.