Wawbeek, New York
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1999. It stands in Harrietstown town. It lies in ZIP code area 12986. It lies near Deer Island. 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:
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
37 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 37 fires within 5 miles of Wawbeek between 2004 and 2020, burning about 22 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 19 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 6 September 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | INDIAN CARRY |
| 5 September 2006 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | COPPER |
| 28 September 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | AMPERSAND FIRE |
| 20 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 4 August 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | HORSE SHOE POND |
| 22 August 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | SANDBAR FIRE |
| 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 Wawbeek: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Graphite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Split Rock Prospect | Graphite | Past Producer | Surface |
Storms near this place
1 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wawbeek in 1 storm report in 2011: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2011 | Flood | Wawbeek | - | Flooding continued from late April. 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. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coreys | 2.6 miles | 26 | |
| Axton Landing | 3.6 miles | 26 | |
| Saranac Inn | 6.4 miles | 23 | |
| Floodwood | 6.6 miles | 23 | |
| Tupper Lake | 7.1 miles | 26 | |
| Moody | 8.1 miles | 26 | |
| McMasters Crossing | 9.3 miles | 27 | |
| Lake Clear | 9.5 miles | 27 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 968948. 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.








