Loon Lake, New York
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Franklin town. It lies in ZIP code area 12989. It stands on Oregon Brook. The Survey maps it on the Loon Lake quadrangle.
Then and now
1906 to 1994The same ground, surveyed 88 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 17 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1906 USGS Loon Lake quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1908 USGS Loon Lake quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
- 1948 USGS Ogdensburg quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1951 USGS Ogdensburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Ogdensburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Ogdensburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Loon Lake quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Massena quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Massena quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
37 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 37 fires within 5 miles of Loon Lake between 1995 and 2020, burning about 65 acres in total. 2 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/undetermined | 13 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2008 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 5 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | ROCK STREET |
| 25 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 24 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 13 September 2003 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 10 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | LOON LAKE RR |
| 10 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.1 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 24 August 2019 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | LITTLE HAYSTACK FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Loon Lake: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Granite, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Franklin Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Quarry | Granite | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2016Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Loon Lake in 1 storm report in 2016: 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2016 | Flash Flood | Loon Lake | $10,000 | Thunderstorms trained over the same location for several hours, producing nearly 4 inches of rain according to radar estimates. Flash flooding occurred on Route 26 near Loon Lake, with a partial washout of the side of the road. |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Merrillsville | 1.8 miles | 17 | |
| Goldsmith | 3.3 miles | 18 | |
| Sugarbush | 4.7 miles | 18 | |
| Two Brooks | 5.0 miles | 18 | |
| Onchiota | 5.3 miles | 25 | |
| Alder Brook | 6.6 miles | 18 | |
| Wolf Pond | 6.7 miles | 17 | |
| Vermontville | 6.9 miles | 25 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 955981. 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.








