Tupper Lake, 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:
On record in Tupper 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 3 records
Beth Joseph Synagoguelisted 1988- Oval Wood Dish Factorylisted 2021
- The Mooringslisted 2025
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
55 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 55 fires within 5 miles of Tupper Lake between 1998 and 2020, burning about 45 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 5 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 | 29 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 22 August 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | TROMBLEYS |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Tupper Lake: 1 producer. 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 |
Storms near this place
19 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tupper Lake in 19 storm reports between 1993 and 2021: 11 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 1 lightning, 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2011 | Flood | Tupper Lake | $3,000,000 | Runoff from heavy rain and snowmelt caused flooding on the Raquette River. In Tupper Lake Village, homes were surrounded by water, forcing evacuations. Route 3 was flooded in the Village and between Tupper Lake Village and Wawbeek. Flooding continued into May. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tupper Lake | $25,000 | no account filed |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tupper Lake | $20,000 | Trees and wires down by thunderstorm winds. |
| June 1997 | Lightning | Tupper Lake | $20,000 | no account filed |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tupper Lake | $10,000 | Several trees downed by thunderstorms winds. |
| November 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tupper Lake | $10,000 | no account filed |
| August 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tupper Lake | $10,000 | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tupper Lake | $10,000 | no account filed |
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tupper Lake | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tupper Lake | $5,000 | no account filed |
| August 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tupper Lake | $5,000 | no account filed |
| August 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tupper Lake | $5,000 | no account filed |
| November 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tupper Lake | $3,000 | Several reports of trees down, including State routes 3 and 30. |
| May 2012 | Hail | Tupper Lake | - | Quarter size hail reported. |
| June 2004 | Hail | Tupper Lake | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Hail | Tupper Lake | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Hail | Tupper Lake | - | no account filed |
| August 2001 | Hail | Tupper Lake | - | no account filed |
| August 1998 | Hail | Tupper Lake | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moody | 1.1 miles | 26 | |
| Wawbeek | 7.1 miles | 23 | |
| Axton Landing | 7.3 miles | 26 | |
| Coreys | 7.9 miles | 26 | |
| Kildare | 7.9 miles | 16 | |
| Floodwood | 8.2 miles | 23 | |
| Derrick | 9.9 miles | 23 | |
| Saranac Inn | 11.5 miles | 23 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 977539. 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.








