Crooked Lake Outlet Historic District

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996. 8 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1902.

From the record

“Crooked Lake Outlet Historic District is a national historic district located near Penn Yan in Yates County, New York. The district is located along a seven-mile recreational trail that parallels the Keuka Lake Outlet.”
Wikipedia article Crooked Lake Outlet Historic District, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 66 National Register listings published here for Yates County · listed in 1996 · category: District.

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

The listing

Address. Along the Keuka Lake Outlet Trail, from Penn Yan to Dresden, Penn Yan, 14527
When was it listed? January 1996
Category. district
Also known as. Yates County MPS
Town. Torrey town
National Register reference number. 95001545 - 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.

Fires near this property

64 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 64 fires within 5 miles of Crooked Lake Outlet Historic District between 2002 and 2020, burning about 32 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 4 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	39
Natural	7
Smoking	7
Equipment and vehicle use	4
Arson/incendiarism	4
Debris and open burning	2
Misuse of fire by a minor	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 2010	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
2 September 2019	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
19 September 2008	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
1 September 2012	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
4 August 2012	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
29 August 2007	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
25 August 2015	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	NA
20 August 2007	Natural	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named

Every fire recorded in Yates County

Mines and quarries near this property

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Crooked Lake Outlet Historic District: 2 past producers, 2 plants, 1 producer. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Salt, Zirconium, REE, Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status
Hansen Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Transelco/ Penn Yan, N.Y.	REE, Zirconium	Plant
J.Sanderson No.1 Well	Salt	Past Producer
J.T.Andrews No.1 Well	Salt	Past Producer
Transelco/ Dresden, N.Y.	Zirconium	Plant

Every working recorded in Yates County

Storms near this property

20 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Penn Yan, the town this property stands in, in 20 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 15 thunderstorm wind, 5 flash flood. 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
May 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	Penn Yan	3 hurt, $15,000	Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down a lumber building under construction, resulting in 3 injuries.
August 2014	Flash Flood	Penn Yan	$100,000	Several road washouts were reported in the Town of Jerusalem, particularly along and near Belknap Hill Road.
May 2014	Flash Flood	Penn Yan	$100,000	Water was rushing over State Route 14A.
May 2014	Flash Flood	Penn Yan	$40,000	Water was rushing through a house on North Avenue in the Village of Penn Yan.
May 2014	Flash Flood	Penn Yan	$40,000	Flood waters were rushing into the Arc of Yates building on Shepard Ave.
September 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Penn Yan	$30,000	Thunderstorm winds blew over a popup camper and several trees in the village of Penn Yan. The camper was turned upside down.
May 2014	Flash Flood	Penn Yan	$20,000	Water was running rapidly over several streets in the village. Sandbagging operations were underway by the local Fire Department.
July 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Penn Yan	$20,000	Numerous trees and powerlines downed. One tree fell on a house.
May 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Penn Yan	$15,000	A severe thunderstorm moved across the county during the early afternoon. Trees and wires were reported down in Penn Yan at 2:05 pm EDT. Numerous other trees and wires were blown down between 2:05 and 2:20 pm EDT.
June 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Penn Yan	$10,000	A severe thunderstorm moved across the county early in the evening and produced scattered wind damage. Trees were uprooted and a few utility poles were toppled in and near Penn Yan.
June 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	Penn Yan	$7,000	Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down trees and utility lines onto two separate vehicles. No injuries were reported.
August 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Penn Yan	$5,000	no account filed
June 1994	Thunderstorm Wind	Penn Yan	$5,000	no account filed
May 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Penn Yan	$3,000	Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down trees and wires.
June 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Penn Yan	$2,000	no account filed
June 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	Penn Yan	$1,500	Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down a large tree branch down onto a house on Court St.
June 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	Penn Yan	$500	Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down a large branch onto wires.
June 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Penn Yan	-	A strong thunderstorm was reported to have produced 65 mph winds just north of Penn Yan.
May 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Penn Yan	-	Thunderstorm winds blew down trees and powerlines. Some minor flooding was also reported.
July 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Penn Yan	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Yates County

Maps showing this location

8 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.

1902 USGS Ovid quadrangle1:62500 - 9 printings
1943 USGS Dresden quadrangle1:24000 - 3 printings
1943 USGS Dresden quadrangle1:31680
1950 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
1958 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
1962 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000 - 4 printings
1965 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000
1986 USGS Auburn quadrangle1:100000 - 2 printings

Listed places nearby

6 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.

Property	Distance	Listed
Robert Ingersoll Birthplace	0.6 miles	1988
Christopher Willis House	0.9 miles	1994
Young-Leach Cobblestone Farmhouse and Barn Complex	3.0 miles	1992
Whitaker House	3.3 miles	1994
John Briggs House	3.4 miles	1994
Angus Cobblestone Farmhouse and Barn Complex	4.0 miles	1992

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 95001545 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Yates County	All 66 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.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
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.