BlockWoods Lake, New York
28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Webb town. It lies in ZIP code area 13331. The Survey maps it on the Big Moose quadrangle.
Then and now
1903 to 1989The same ground, surveyed 86 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 28 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.
- 1903 USGS Big Moose quadrangle1:62500, 11 printings
- 1950 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Big Moose quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
- 1957 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1964 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Raquette Lake quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Eagle Bay quadrangle1:25000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
25 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 25 fires within 5 miles of Woods Lake between 1992 and 2018, burning about 43 acres in total. 4 started naturally. None was 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 | 12 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 2002 | Natural | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | WOODS LAKE |
| 4 September 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 27 September 2015 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | STILLWATER SITE 7 FIRE |
| 25 September 1992 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 18 September 2018 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | STILLWATER 42 ISLAND |
| 16 September 2001 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 12 September 2003 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 6 August 2002 | Natural | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | EAST POND |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Moose | 3.0 miles | 28 | |
| Beaver River | 4.2 miles | 28 | |
| Stillwater | 5.2 miles | 20 | |
| Brandreth | 7.9 miles | 28 | |
| Eagle Bay | 9.1 miles | 28 | |
| Old Forge | 9.9 miles | 24 | |
| Moshier Falls | 10.0 miles | 21 | |
| Mountain Lodge | 10.6 miles | 24 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 973291. 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.