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Schroon Lake, New York

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 1995. It stands in Schroon town. It lies in ZIP code area 12870. It stands on Rogers Brook. The Survey maps it on the Schroon Lake quadrangle.

Schroon Lake within Essex County

Then and now

1897 to 1995

The 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 sheet of Schroon Lake, surveyed 1995
Topographic sheet of Schroon Lake, surveyed 1897

Compare 1897 against another survey:

On record in Schroon Lake

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 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 27 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

101 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 101 fires within 5 miles of Schroon Lake between 1992 and 2020, burning about 300 acres in total. 19 started naturally. 3 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
Recreation and ceremony26
Missing data/not specified/undetermined25
Natural19
Debris and open burning17
Equipment and vehicle use6
Arson/incendiarism3
Smoking3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2

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
6 September 2004Natural1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
4 September 2001Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
30 September 2001Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
27 September 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
19 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
9 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 August 2010Smokingunder an acreNew York Forest Rangersnot named
5 August 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Essex County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Schroon Lake: 7 past producers, 1 occurrence, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Dolomite, Granite, Iron. 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
Paradox MinesIronPast Producer1835, 1880
Unnamed OccurrenceGraniteOccurrenceMetamorphic
Unnamed ProspectDolomitePast ProducerReplacement
Airport PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Berebe PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Schroon Town PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Stowell PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Stowell PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Whitney PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Essex County

Storms near this place

19 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Schroon Lake in 19 storm reports between 1998 and 2023: 9 thunderstorm wind, 9 hail, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2006Flash FloodSchroon Lake$100,000no account filed
May 2006Thunderstorm WindSchroon Lake$50,000no account filed
August 1998Thunderstorm WindSchroon Lake$30,000no account filed
July 2007Thunderstorm WindSchroon Lake$25,000Trees and wires down on mobile home and house with structural damage.
February 2017Thunderstorm WindSchroon Lake$20,000Strong winds associated with convective showers caused scattered tree damage and power outages from Schroon Lake to Ticonderoga.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindSchroon Lake$10,000Multiple trees down in Schroon Lake.
December 2006Thunderstorm WindSchroon Lake$10,000Trees were blown down on several state roads around Schroon Lake in New York state.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindSchroon Lake$5,000Tree and branches downed by thunderstorm winds.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindSchroon Lake$2,000A few trees down on power lines on Fowler Avenue.
July 2007Thunderstorm WindSchroon Lake$2,000Trees reported down on golf course.
June 2011HailSchroon Lake-Dime size hail reported.
June 2009HailSchroon Lake-Hail covered the ground with some hail stones as large as a nickel.
June 2009HailSchroon Lake-Quarter size hail fell, as well as a few wooden benches knocked over in gusty thunderstorm winds at Schroon Lake golf course.
July 2007HailSchroon Lake-Quarter size hail reported.
July 2007HailSchroon Lake-Nickel size hail reported.
July 2007HailSchroon Lake-Quarter size hail reported.
July 2007HailSchroon Lake-Nickel size hail reported.
July 2007HailSchroon Lake-Nickel size hail reported.
May 2006HailSchroon Lake-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Essex 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
Severance3.0 miles28
South Schroon3.4 miles27
Schroon Falls4.2 miles28
Loch Muller7.1 miles27
Paradox7.1 miles28
North Hudson8.0 miles28
Blue Ridge8.3 miles25
Irishtown9.9 miles27

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 964621. 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.