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Lenox, New York

26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Lincoln town. It lies in ZIP code area 13032. It stands on Clockville Creek. The Survey maps it on the Oneida quadrangle.

Lenox 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 Lenox, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Lenox, surveyed 1895

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 26 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

113 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 113 fires within 5 miles of Lenox between 2003 and 2020, burning about 98 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 24 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/undetermined59
Arson/incendiarism24
Debris and open burning13
Natural11
Smoking3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
27 September 2003Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
24 September 2016Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
2 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
14 September 2019Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
7 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
19 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresFire Department of New YorkNA
16 August 2016Debris and open burningunder 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

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Lenox: 3 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gypsum-Anhydrite, Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Oxbow QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Oxbow Quarry and MillLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Button & Worlock QuarriesGypsum-AnhydritePast Producer
Johnson Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Lincoln Gravel BedSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
West Stockbridge Hill QuarryGypsum-AnhydritePast Producer

Every working recorded in Madison County

Storms near this place

3 since 2016

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lenox in 3 storm reports between 2016 and 2025: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. 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
October 2017Thunderstorm WindLenox$20,000A line of thunderstorms produced damaging wind gusts which knocked down trees across a road.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindLenox$10,000A thunderstorm moved across the region and became severe. This thunderstorm resulted in multiple trees and wires being knocked down. This storm also resulted in a driver being trapped in a car.
June 2025Flash FloodLenox$5,000Clockville Road was closed due to mud, boulders, gravel and flooding across the road.

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
Wampsville1.2 miles26
Five Corners1.4 miles26
Lenox Basin2.2 miles26
Clockville2.4 miles26
Canastota2.9 miles23
Merrillsville3.2 miles26
Alene3.6 miles26
Oneida3.7 miles26

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 955198. 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.