Built in 1917. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001. 11 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1899.
One of 24 National Register listings published here for Hamilton County · listed in 2001 · category: Structure · built in 1917.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service · the Wikipedia article
The ground this property stands on, surveyed 98 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Snowy Mountain Fire Observation Station between 2000 and 2020, burning about 8 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 | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.6 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 13 September 2013 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | CEDAR LAKE FIRE |
| 9 August 2020 | Natural | 1.6 acres | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 15 August 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | FALLS BROOK FIRE |
| 6 July 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 19 July 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 18 July 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | SNOWY MTN |
| 16 July 2018 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | CEDAR RIVER FIRE |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Indian Lake, the town this property stands in, in 24 storm reports between 1993 and 2022: 15 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 2 flood, 1 flash 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Indian Lake | $100,000 | no account filed |
| February 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Indian Lake | $8,000 | no account filed |
| August 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Indian Lake | $5,000 | Severe thunderstorm winds downed trees and power lines during the late afternoon of August 31st. One of the trees fell on a van causing extensive damage. |
| August 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Indian Lake | $5,000 | Severe thunderstorm winds downed a large tree and powerlines along Cedar River Road near the Wakely golf course in the Town of Indian Lake on the afternoon of July 8th. |
| January 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Indian Lake | $5,000 | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Indian Lake | $2,000 | no account filed |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Indian Lake | - | A tree and wires were reported down. |
| October 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Indian Lake | - | Downed utility poles and wires were blocking Route 30. |
| October 2019 | Flash Flood | Indian Lake | - | Route 30 was closed between Speculator and Indian Lake due to flooding. |
| August 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Indian Lake | - | Trees and wires were downed. |
| September 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Indian Lake | - | Trees and wires were reported down due to thunderstorm winds in Indian Lake. |
| April 2011 | Flood | Indian Lake | - | The Cedar River Golf Course along Route 28 was flooded. The Cedar River cuts through the golf course. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Indian Lake | - | Trees and wires were reported down in Indian Lake due to strong thunderstorm winds. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Indian Lake | - | Trees and power lines were reported down in Indian Lake due to strong thunderstorm winds. |
| August 2007 | Hail | Indian Lake | - | Quarter size hail was reported in Indian Lake. |
| August 2007 | Hail | Indian Lake | - | Nickel size hail was reported at Indian Lake. |
| May 2006 | Hail | Indian Lake | - | A trained spotter reported one-inch hail in Indian Lake. |
| May 2006 | Hail | Indian Lake | - | A trained spotter reported three-quarter-inch hail in Indian Lake. |
| June 2006 | Flood | Indian Lake | - | A trained spotter reported that Cedar River and Big Brook were flooding. |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Indian Lake | - | Trees and power lines down. |
| November 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Indian Lake | - | A utility company reported that trees and power lines were blown down at Indian Lake. |
| May 2017 | Hail | Indian Lake | - | no account filed |
| May 2017 | Hail | Indian Lake | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Indian Lake | - | no account filed |
United States Geological Survey topographic sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the coordinate the National Park Service records for this property, then testing that coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet.
Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Wakely Mountain Fire Observation Station | 4.8 miles | 2003 |
| Wakely Mountain Fire Observation Station | 6.9 miles | 2003 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 01001031 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Hamilton County | All 24 listed properties in this county. |
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