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Bayside, New York

43 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the borough of Queens. It lies in ZIP code area 11361. It stands on Alley Creek. The Survey maps it on the Flushing quadrangle.

Bayside within Queens County

Then and now

1891 to 1995

The same ground, surveyed 104 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Bayside, surveyed 1995
Topographic sheet of Bayside, surveyed 1891

Compare 1891 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 surveys from 43 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Fires near this place

1,578 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1,578 fires within 5 miles of Bayside between 2000 and 2020, burning about 381 acres in total. 105 started naturally. 89 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/undetermined1097
Natural105
Smoking102
Arson/incendiarism89
Recreation and ceremony59
Debris and open burning37
Equipment and vehicle use35
Misuse of fire by a minor32
Power generation/transmission/distribution20
Railroad operations and maintenance2

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
9 September 2016Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
9 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
9 September 2005Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
8 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
8 September 2015Natural2.0 acresFire Department of New YorkNA
8 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Queens County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Bayside: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Bay Shore PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Queens County

Storms near this place

27 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bayside in 27 storm reports between 1997 and 2025: 16 flash flood, 7 thunderstorm wind, 4 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2019Thunderstorm WindBayside$15,000Downed and damaged trees reported in parks across the borough...time estimated by radar.
July 2009Thunderstorm WindBayside$4,000Trees and wires were reported down at 215-90 50th Avenue.
August 2011HailBayside$3,000Baseball size hail was reported in the Bayside section of Queens. This hail was reported to have damaged some cars.
August 2012Thunderstorm WindBayside$2,000Trees were reported down on 45th Avenue.
July 2009Thunderstorm WindBayside$1,500A tree was reported down on Bell Boulevard between 56th Avenue and 58th Avenue.
July 2025Flash FloodBayside-Flooding on I-295 both directions at 35th Avenue.
July 2025Flash FloodBayside-Flooding on I-295 both directions at Northern Boulevard.
July 2025Flash FloodBayside-Large truck partially submerged. All lanes of the Clearview Expressway closed.
April 2023Flash FloodBayside-Two vehicles stranded on the Long Island Expressway at 188 St.
September 2022Flash FloodBayside-Flooding on I-295 Northbound by Northern Blvd. All lanes closed.
September 2021Flash FloodBayside-Water was 2-3 feet deep on roadways in Fresh Meadows, Queens. Several cars were submerged.
July 2019Flash FloodBayside-I-495 was closed in both directions due to flooding at 188th Street in Fresh Meadows, Queens. The water was within a few inches of the top of the jersey barrier separating the east and westbound lanes.
July 2019Flash FloodBayside-The Clearview Expressway in Bayside was closed northbound at Northern Boulevard due to flooding.
May 2015Flash FloodBayside-The Long Island Expressway was closed at Exit 25 westbound, Utopia Pkwy., in Utopia due to flooding.
September 2010Thunderstorm WindBayside-A large tree was uprooted between 38th Avenue and 211th Street.
July 2009HailBayside-Hail up to quarter size was reported in the Bayside section of Queens.
June 2008Flash FloodBayside-Occupied vehicles were stuck in rising water at the intersection of the Clearview Expressway and 35th Ave.
June 2008Flash FloodBayside-Occupied vehicles were stuck in rising water at the intersection of the Clearview Expressway and Northern Blvd.
June 2008Flash FloodBayside-Occupied vehicles were stuck in rising water at the intersection of Bell Blvd. and 216th St.
August 2008HailBayside-Quarter size hail was reported near the Clearview Expressway in Bayside.
September 2008Flash FloodBayside-Portions of Bell Blvd. in Bayside were flooded.
July 2007Flash FloodBayside-Flash flooding of the Clearview Expressway occurred at 35th Avenue.
July 2003Flash FloodBayside-Spotters reported significant street flooding in Bayside Hills and Ridgewood.
June 2006HailBayside-no account filed
July 2006Thunderstorm WindBayside-no account filed
August 2001Flash FloodBayside-no account filed
May 1997Thunderstorm WindBayside-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Queens County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Oakland Gardens1.2 miles43
Parsons Beach1.4 miles43
Douglaston1.6 miles34
Queens1.7 miles35
Murray Hill2.0 miles43
Little Neck2.1 miles34
Flushing2.1 miles43
Beechhurst2.2 miles43

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 943210. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

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.