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Photograph of The Hedges
Photograph by H.M. Beach, Public domain. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Hedges, The

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009. 10 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1903.

From the record

“The Hedges is a historic home and Adirondack Great Camp located on Blue Mountain Lake in Hamilton County, New York. The property consists of 30 buildings and structures and many related site features.”

Wikipedia article The Hedges, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 24 National Register listings published here for Hamilton County · listed in 2009 · category: District.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

  • Address. The Hedges Rd., Indian Lake, 12812
  • When was it listed? March 2009
  • Category. district
  • Town. Indian Lake town
  • Architectural style. rustic architecture
  • National Register reference number. 09000155 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.

Then and now

1903 to 1997

The ground this property stands on, 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 covering Hedges, The, surveyed 1997
Topographic sheet covering Hedges, The, surveyed 1903

Fires near this property

21 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of Hedges, The between 2004 and 2020, burning about 7 acres in total. 5 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 ceremony9
Natural5
Equipment and vehicle use2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Smoking1

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
8 September 2020Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreNew York Forest RangersSOUTH POND 2
7 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
8 August 2012Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreNew York Forest RangersBUTTERMILK FALLS FIRE
20 August 2010Natural1.5 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
2 August 2020Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreNew York Forest RangersCASTLE ROCK FIRE
19 August 2020Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreNew York Forest RangersSOUTH POND FIRE
16 August 2007Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreNew York Forest RangersSOUTH POND
15 August 2017Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A

Every fire recorded in Hamilton County

Storms near this property

24 since 1993

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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 1995Thunderstorm WindIndian Lake$100,000no account filed
February 1997Thunderstorm WindIndian Lake$8,000no account filed
August 1993Thunderstorm WindIndian Lake$5,000Severe 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 1993Thunderstorm WindIndian Lake$5,000Severe 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 1996Thunderstorm WindIndian Lake$5,000no account filed
May 1998Thunderstorm WindIndian Lake$2,000no account filed
May 2022Thunderstorm WindIndian Lake-A tree and wires were reported down.
October 2020Thunderstorm WindIndian Lake-Downed utility poles and wires were blocking Route 30.
October 2019Flash FloodIndian Lake-Route 30 was closed between Speculator and Indian Lake due to flooding.
August 2017Thunderstorm WindIndian Lake-Trees and wires were downed.
September 2012Thunderstorm WindIndian Lake-Trees and wires were reported down due to thunderstorm winds in Indian Lake.
April 2011FloodIndian Lake-The Cedar River Golf Course along Route 28 was flooded. The Cedar River cuts through the golf course.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindIndian Lake-Trees and wires were reported down in Indian Lake due to strong thunderstorm winds.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindIndian Lake-Trees and power lines were reported down in Indian Lake due to strong thunderstorm winds.
August 2007HailIndian Lake-Quarter size hail was reported in Indian Lake.
August 2007HailIndian Lake-Nickel size hail was reported at Indian Lake.
May 2006HailIndian Lake-A trained spotter reported one-inch hail in Indian Lake.
May 2006HailIndian Lake-A trained spotter reported three-quarter-inch hail in Indian Lake.
June 2006FloodIndian Lake-A trained spotter reported that Cedar River and Big Brook were flooding.
July 2005Thunderstorm WindIndian Lake-Trees and power lines down.
November 2005Thunderstorm WindIndian Lake-A utility company reported that trees and power lines were blown down at Indian Lake.
May 2017HailIndian Lake-no account filed
May 2017HailIndian Lake-no account filed
June 2005Thunderstorm WindIndian Lake-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Hamilton County

Maps showing this location

10 surveys

United States Geological Survey topographic sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the middle of the area the National Park Service maps for this listing, then testing that coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet.

Listed places nearby

4 within 8 miles

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 PropertyDistance Listed
Blue Mountain House Annex0.9 miles1977
Church of the Transfiguration1.0 miles1977
Blue Mountain Fire Observation Station1.3 miles2001
Blue Mountain Fire Observation Station2.7 miles2001

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 09000155 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Hamilton CountyAll 24 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

  • Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
  • Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
  • How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
  • 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.
  • 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.