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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.

Wawbeek within Franklin County

Then and now

1905 to 1999

The 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.

Topographic sheet of Wawbeek, surveyed 1999
Topographic sheet of Wawbeek, surveyed 1905

Compare 1905 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 23 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

37 since 2004

Regional 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 ceremony19
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Arson/incendiarism2
Natural1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Smoking1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
7 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2007Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresNew York Forest RangersINDIAN CARRY
5 September 2006Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreNew York Forest RangersCOPPER
28 September 2014Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreNew York Forest RangersAMPERSAND FIRE
20 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 August 2016Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreNew York Forest RangersHORSE SHOE POND
22 August 2020Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreNew York Forest RangersSANDBAR FIRE
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 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Split Rock ProspectGraphitePast ProducerSurface

Every working recorded in Franklin County

Storms near this place

1 since 2011

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2011FloodWawbeek-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.

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
Coreys2.6 miles26
Axton Landing3.6 miles26
Saranac Inn6.4 miles23
Floodwood6.6 miles23
Tupper Lake7.1 miles26
Moody8.1 miles26
McMasters Crossing9.3 miles27
Lake Clear9.5 miles27

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.