BlockSaranac Inn, New York
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1999. It stands in Santa Clara town. It lies in ZIP code area 12983. It lies near Tommys Rock. The Survey maps it on the Upper Saranac Lake quadrangle.
Then and now
1905 to 1999The 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.
Compare 1905 against another survey:
On record in Saranac Inn
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 4 records
Eagle Island CampNational Historic Landmark · listed 1987
Moss Ledgelisted 1986
Prospect Point Camplisted 1986- Church of the Ascension Chapel and Rectorylisted 2021
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 23 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.
- 1905 USGS Saint Regis quadrangle1:62500, 9 printings
- 1948 USGS Ogdensburg quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1951 USGS Ogdensburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Ogdensburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Saint Regis quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1961 USGS Ogdensburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Upper Saranac Lake quadrangle1:25000
- 1985 USGS Tupper Lake quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1999 USGS Upper Saranac Lake quadrangle1:25000
Fires near this place
30 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 30 fires within 5 miles of Saranac Inn between 2004 and 2020, burning about 8 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 1 was 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 20 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2018 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | POLLIWOG FIRE |
| 5 September 2006 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | COPPER |
| 21 September 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | SPECTACLE PONDS FIRE |
| 10 September 2007 | Natural | 1.1 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 1 September 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | ST. REGIS POND |
| 1 September 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | FLOODWOOD |
| 4 August 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | HORSE SHOE POND |
| 24 August 2018 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | FCP FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Upper Saint Regis | 4.4 miles | 24 | |
| Lake Clear | 4.7 miles | 27 | |
| Floodwood | 4.8 miles | 23 | |
| McMasters Crossing | 5.4 miles | 27 | |
| Keese Mill | 6.1 miles | 24 | |
| Wawbeek | 6.4 miles | 23 | |
| Paul Smiths | 7.3 miles | 24 | |
| Bay Pond | 7.7 miles | 24 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 964481. 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.