Sabael, New York
27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1997. It stands in Indian Lake town. It lies in ZIP code area 12842. It lies near Porter Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Indian Lake quadrangle. It stands 1,745 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1899 to 1997The same ground, surveyed 98 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
11 surveys from 27 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.
- 1899 USGS Indian Lake quadrangle1:62500
- 1902 USGS Indian Lake quadrangle1:62500, 9 printings
- 1950 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Indian Lake quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
- 1957 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1964 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Raquette Lake quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1990 USGS Indian Lake quadrangle1:25000
- 1997 USGS Indian Lake quadrangle1:25000
Fires near this place
38 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 38 fires within 5 miles of Sabael between 1992 and 2020, burning about 27 acres in total. 12 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 12 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1993 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 5 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.6 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 4 September 1995 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 23 September 2017 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | CEDAR RIVER FIRE |
| 12 September 2002 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | CLEVELAND RD |
| 11 September 1995 | Natural | 1.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 9 August 2020 | Natural | 1.6 acres | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 7 August 1997 | Natural | 1.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sabael in 4 storm reports between 2011 and 2021: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sabael | - | Trees and wires were downed on Route 30 at Lewey Lake Campsite Road. |
| May 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sabael | - | A tree was reported down on wires due to strong thunderstorm winds knocking out power approximately 3 miles north-northwest of Lewey Lake Campground. |
| June 2011 | Hail | Sabael | - | Quarter size hail was reported during a thunderstorm approximately 5 miles north of Speculator. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sabael | - | Trees and wires were reported down in Sabael due to strong thunderstorm winds. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indian Lake | 4.1 miles | 28 | |
| Blue Mountain Lake | 11.4 miles | 28 | |
| Eagle Nest | 12.7 miles | 28 | |
| Speculator | 16.2 miles | 26 | |
| Deerland | 16.7 miles | 28 | |
| Sagamore | 17.3 miles | 30 | |
| Long Lake | 17.9 miles | 28 | |
| Griffin | 18.2 miles | 23 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Sabael | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q48740171 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 963152. 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.
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.










