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One of 24 National Register listings published here for Hamilton County · listed in 2017 · category: Building.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2017. 9 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1903.
One of 24 National Register listings published here for Hamilton County · listed in 2017 · category: Building.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 25 fires within 5 miles of Dollar Island Camp between 1995 and 2020, burning about 16 acres in total. 3 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 | 12 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 September 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | CASCADE LAKE FIRE |
| 22 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 12 September 2003 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 8 August 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 23 August 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 21 August 2005 | Natural | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 20 August 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | SITE 8 FIRE |
| 13 August 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Inlet, the town this property stands in, in 9 storm reports between 1995 and 2016: 8 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Inlet | $5,000 | no account filed |
| September 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Inlet | $4,000 | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Inlet | $4,000 | no account filed |
| August 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Inlet | $4,000 | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Inlet | $1,000 | no account filed |
| August 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Inlet | - | A tree was downed on Route 28 in Inlet due to thunderstorm winds. |
| August 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Inlet | - | A tree was downed at a vacation home on the east side of Limeklin Lake due to thunderstorm winds. |
| May 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Inlet | - | A tree was reported down across a road due to strong thunderstorm winds at the Limekiln Lake Campground. |
| July 2012 | Hail | Inlet | - | Golf-ball sized (measured) hail was reported during a thunderstorm two miles east-southeast of Inlet. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Camp Uncas | 8.0 miles | 1987 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 100000892 in Record Group 79. |
| Hamilton County | All 24 listed properties in this county. |