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Long Lake, New York

28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1997. It stands in Long Lake town. It lies in ZIP code area 12847. It stands on Shaw Brook. The Survey maps it on the Deerland quadrangle.

Long Lake within Hamilton County

Then and now

1903 to 1997

The same ground, surveyed 94 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Long Lake, surveyed 1997
Topographic sheet of Long Lake, surveyed 1903

On record in Long Lake

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 3 records

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 28 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

23 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 23 fires within 5 miles of Long Lake between 2007 and 2020, burning about 12 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 2 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/undetermined9
Natural5
Recreation and ceremony4
Arson/incendiarism2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Smoking1

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
8 September 2020Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreNew York Forest RangersSOUTH POND 2
6 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.6 acresFire Department of New YorkNA
5 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresFire Department of New YorkNA
22 September 2018Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
19 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
4 August 2007Naturalunder an acreNew York Forest RangersBIG PINE
22 August 2012Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreNew York Forest RangersWATCH ROCK FIRE
19 August 2020Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreNew York Forest RangersSOUTH POND FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hamilton 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 Long Lake: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Round Lake PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Hamilton County

Storms near this place

17 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Long Lake in 17 storm reports between 1993 and 2024: 9 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 2 flood, 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
July 1995Thunderstorm WindLong Lake$500,000no account filed
May 1998Thunderstorm WindLong Lake$5,000no account filed
August 1993Thunderstorm WindLong Lake$5,000no account filed
August 1993Thunderstorm WindLong Lake$5,000no account filed
July 2024Flash FloodLong Lake$500New York Department of Highways reported the closure of Route 30 in both directions due to water flowing across the roadway. Additionally, a video taken by a member of the public showed water flowing rapidly out of Minnow Pond, adjacent to Route 30, crossing the roadway.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindLong Lake-Local law enforcement reported a tree down on McIntyre Boulevard.
March 2021Thunderstorm WindLong Lake-Trees were downed 2 miles west-northwest of Long Lake.
March 2021Thunderstorm WindLong Lake-Numerous trees were uprooted with wires also downed along Route 30 in Long Lake.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindLong Lake-Trees were reported down.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindLong Lake-Trees were reported down due to thunderstorm winds in Long Lake.
April 2011FloodLong Lake-Route 30 was closed due to high water in the Hamlet of Long Lake between Route 28 and Rice Road.
May 2011HailLong Lake-Golf ball size hail was reported during a thunderstorm at the Lake Eaton Campground.
May 2011HailLong Lake-Half dollar size hail was reported in Long Lake during a thunderstorm.
May 2011FloodLong Lake-Route 30 in was closed due to high water in the Hamlet of Long Lake between Route 28 and Rice Road.
August 2007HailLong Lake-Nickel size hail was reported at the Forked Lake Public Campground near Long Lake.
May 2007HailLong Lake-A thunderstorm produced hail estimated at 1.50 inches in diameter at Long Lake.
May 2006HailLong Lake-A trained spotter reported three-quarter-inch hail in Long Lake.

Every storm recorded in Hamilton 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
Deerland3.2 miles28
Blue Mountain Lake8.2 miles28
Eagle Nest9.2 miles28
Woods11.5 miles30
Hasbroucks13.3 miles30
Indian Lake15.3 miles28
Raquette Lake16.7 miles30
Sabattis16.7 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 955876. 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.