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.
Then and now
1904 to 1999The 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.


Compare 1904 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 26 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.
- 1904 USGS Long Lake quadrangle1:62500, 10 printings
- 1948 USGS Ogdensburg quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1951 USGS Ogdensburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Ogdensburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Long Lake quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
- 1961 USGS Ogdensburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Tupper Lake quadrangle1:25000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Tupper Lake quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1999 USGS Tupper Lake quadrangle1:25000
Fires near this place
61 since 1998Regional 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/undetermined | 31 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 28 September 2000 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 24 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.1 acres | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 24 September 2003 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 23 September 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 17 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 31 August 2018 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | SIMON POND FIRE |
| 22 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
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 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gales Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Susharskis Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2023Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2023 | Lightning | Moody | 2 hurt | Two people struck by lightning. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tupper Lake | 1.1 miles | 26 | |
| Kildare | 7.2 miles | 16 | |
| Wawbeek | 8.1 miles | 23 | |
| Floodwood | 8.4 miles | 23 | |
| Axton Landing | 8.5 miles | 26 | |
| Coreys | 9.0 miles | 26 | |
| Derrick | 9.6 miles | 23 | |
| Saranac Inn | 12.1 miles | 23 |
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.








