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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.

Tupper Lake within Franklin County

Then and now

1904 to 1999

The 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.

Topographic sheet of Tupper Lake, surveyed 1999
Topographic sheet of Tupper Lake, surveyed 1904

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

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 26 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

55 since 1998

Regional 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/undetermined29
Recreation and ceremony7
Arson/incendiarism5
Natural4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Debris and open burning3
Smoking2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
28 September 2000Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
24 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.1 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
24 September 2003Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
23 September 2020Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresFire Department of New YorkNA
17 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
31 August 2018Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreNew York Forest RangersSIMON POND FIRE
22 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
22 August 2007Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreNew York Forest RangersTROMBLEYS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Franklin County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Gales PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Franklin County

Storms near this place

19 since 1993

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2011FloodTupper Lake$3,000,000Runoff 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 2006Thunderstorm WindTupper Lake$25,000no account filed
July 2014Thunderstorm WindTupper Lake$20,000Trees and wires down by thunderstorm winds.
June 1997LightningTupper Lake$20,000no account filed
July 2021Thunderstorm WindTupper Lake$10,000Several trees downed by thunderstorms winds.
November 2005Thunderstorm WindTupper Lake$10,000no account filed
August 1998Thunderstorm WindTupper Lake$10,000no account filed
April 1996Thunderstorm WindTupper Lake$10,000no account filed
August 2006Thunderstorm WindTupper Lake$5,000no account filed
June 2004Thunderstorm WindTupper Lake$5,000no account filed
August 2001Thunderstorm WindTupper Lake$5,000no account filed
August 1993Thunderstorm WindTupper Lake$5,000no account filed
November 2006Thunderstorm WindTupper Lake$3,000Several reports of trees down, including State routes 3 and 30.
May 2012HailTupper Lake-Quarter size hail reported.
June 2004HailTupper Lake-no account filed
July 2004HailTupper Lake-no account filed
July 2004HailTupper Lake-no account filed
August 2001HailTupper Lake-no account filed
August 1998HailTupper Lake-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Franklin 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
Moody1.1 miles26
Wawbeek7.1 miles23
Axton Landing7.3 miles26
Coreys7.9 miles26
Kildare7.9 miles16
Floodwood8.2 miles23
Derrick9.9 miles23
Saranac Inn11.5 miles23

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.