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Wanakena, New York

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1999. It stands in Fine town. It lies in ZIP code area 13695. It stands on Skate Creek. The Survey maps it on the Newton Falls quadrangle.

Wanakena within St. Lawrence County

Then and now

1919 to 1999

The same ground, surveyed 80 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Wanakena, surveyed 1999
Topographic sheet of Wanakena, surveyed 1919

Compare 1919 against another survey:

On record in Wanakena

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 21 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

18 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Wanakena between 2005 and 2020, burning about 9 acres in total. 4 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Natural4
Recreation and ceremony4
Arson/incendiarism2
Smoking1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Debris and open burning1

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
27 September 2019Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreNew York Forest RangersJANACKS POINT FIRE
21 September 2012Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreNew York Forest RangersJOE INDIAN ISLAND FIRE
22 August 2020Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreNew York Forest RangersSITE 27 FIRE
17 July 2012Naturalunder an acreNew York Forest RangersMOORE TRAIL FIRE
17 June 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkCOLTON
8 May 2007Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 May 2007Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 May 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in St. Lawrence County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Wanakena: 1 occurrence, 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, 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
Vader PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Benson MinesIronPast Producer1810, 1889, 1978
Dead Creek DepositsIronOccurrence1943

Every working recorded in St. Lawrence County

Storms near this place

5 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wanakena in 5 storm reports between 1995 and 2011: 3 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind. 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
July 1995Thunderstorm WindWanakena$125,000no account filed
November 2006Thunderstorm WindWanakena$2,000Trees down along Route 61 in Wanakena.
July 2011HailWanakena-Dime size hail reported.
May 2009HailWanakena-Quarter size hail reported.
July 2007HailWanakena-Nickel size or greater hail reported by Wanakena Post Office.

Every storm recorded in St. Lawrence 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
Janacks Landing Shelter2.2 miles21
Benson Mines5.6 miles18
Star Lake6.1 miles18
Newton Falls6.4 miles21
Cranberry Lake7.6 miles21
Cook Corners7.7 miles21
Oswegatchie8.6 miles18
Lower Oswegatchie8.9 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 977180. 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.