Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2010. 10 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1897.
“Gates Homestead is a historic home located at Bolton, Warren County, New York. The property includes the main house, ice house, carpenter shop, and two barns.”
Wikipedia article Gates Homestead, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 76 National Register listings published here for Warren County · listed in 2010 · category: Building.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 148 fires within 5 miles of Gates Homestead between 1992 and 2020, burning about 208 acres in total. 28 started naturally. 6 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 | 39 |
| Natural | 28 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 27 |
| Debris and open burning | 18 |
| Smoking | 15 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2018 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | TONGUE MOUNTAIN FIRE |
| 8 September 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 September 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | LACZKO POINT FIRE |
| 7 September 2015 | Natural | 4.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | TONGUE MT FIRE #5 |
| 7 September 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 5 September 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 5 September 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | 36 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 4 September 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | DOG FIRE |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bolton, the town this property stands in, in 21 storm reports between 1993 and 2024: 16 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 2 flood, 1 funnel cloud. The reports record 3 injuries. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bolton | 3 hurt | Park/Forest Service personnel reported trees blown down on Lake George's Big Burn Island and Hatchett Island. Minor injuries were occurred when a tree fell on a tent. |
| December 2023 | Flood | Bolton | $20,000 | Trout Lake Road (Route 48) in Bolton was impacted by flooding. |
| July 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bolton | $20,000 | no account filed |
| December 2023 | Flood | Bolton | $10,000 | Route 9N was closed in both directions between Padenarum Road in the Town of Bolton to Sabbath Day Point Road in the Town of Hague due to flooding. |
| July 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bolton | $5,000 | no account filed |
| July 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bolton | $5,000 | no account filed |
| August 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bolton | $5,000 | no account filed |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bolton | - | A 911 call center reported trees down on wires along Coolidge Road. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bolton | - | A 911 call center reported a tree and wires down along Lake Shore Drive near Loomis Lane. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bolton | - | A 911 call center reported a downed tree blocking the road along East Schroon River Road. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bolton | - | Multiple trees were downed across Bolton. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bolton | - | A tree fell on wires near Bolton Landing. |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bolton | - | A tree was downed near Bolton Landing. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bolton | - | Trees and wires were reported down in Bolton due to thunderstorm winds. |
| August 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bolton | - | Trees and branches were downed along Route 9N in the town of Bolton due to thunderstorm winds. |
| April 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bolton | - | A tree was reported down and on a house in the Basin Bay section of Bolton Landing due to thunderstorm winds. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bolton | - | Trees and wires were reported down due to strong thunderstorm winds on Route 9N in Bolton. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bolton | - | Several trees were reported down in Bolton due to strong thunderstorm winds. |
| July 2010 | Funnel Cloud | Bolton | - | Public submitted pictures of a funnel cloud over Lake George. |
| June 2005 | Flash Flood | Bolton | - | Intersection of Sawmill Road, Federal Hill Road and New Vermont Roadflooded by Indian Brook. |
| August 2004 | Flash Flood | Bolton | - | One half mile of Valley Road washed out. One half mile of East River Road washed out. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marcella Sembrich Opera Museum | 0.6 miles | 2002 | |
| Mohican Point | 0.9 miles | 2026 | |
 | Sagamore Hotel Complex | 2.4 miles | 1983 |
| FORWARD shipwreck site (motor launch) | 5.5 miles | 2008 | |
| Mixter Blacksmith Shop | 6.0 miles | 2002 | |
 | Merrill MaGee House | 6.2 miles | 1985 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 10000229 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Warren County | All 76 listed properties in this county. |
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