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Moody, New York

26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1999. It stands in Tupper Lake town. It lies in ZIP code area 12986. The Survey maps it on the Tupper Lake quadrangle.

Moody within Franklin County

Then and now

1904 to 1999

The same ground, surveyed 95 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Moody, surveyed 1999
Topographic sheet of Moody, surveyed 1904

Compare 1904 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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

61 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 61 fires within 5 miles of Moody between 1998 and 2020, burning about 49 acres in total. 5 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
Arson/incendiarism8
Recreation and ceremony6
Natural5
Equipment and vehicle use3
Debris and open burning3
Smoking2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Other causes1
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
5 September 2006Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
28 September 2000Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
24 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.1 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
24 September 2003Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
23 September 2020Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresFire Department of New YorkNA
17 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
31 August 2018Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreNew York Forest RangersSIMON POND FIRE
22 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Franklin County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Moody: 2 producers. 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
Gales PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Susharskis PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Franklin County

Storms near this place

1 since 2023

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Moody in 1 storm report in 2023: 1 lightning. The reports record 2 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
August 2023LightningMoody2 hurtTwo people struck by lightning.

Every storm recorded in Franklin 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
Tupper Lake1.1 miles26
Kildare7.2 miles16
Wawbeek8.1 miles23
Floodwood8.4 miles23
Axton Landing8.5 miles26
Coreys9.0 miles26
Derrick9.6 miles23
Saranac Inn12.1 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 957574. 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.