BlockBefore

Belle Harbor, New York

33 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the borough of Queens. It lies in ZIP code area 11694. The Survey maps it on the Far Rockaway quadrangle.

Belle Harbor within Queens County

Then and now

1889 to 1984

The same ground, surveyed 95 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Belle Harbor, surveyed 1984
Topographic sheet of Belle Harbor, surveyed 1889

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 surveys from 33 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

999 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 999 fires within 5 miles of Belle Harbor between 1992 and 2020, burning about 953 acres in total. 58 started naturally. 67 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/undetermined737
Arson/incendiarism67
Natural58
Smoking37
Debris and open burning26
Misuse of fire by a minor24
Equipment and vehicle use22
Recreation and ceremony20
Fireworks3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Other causes2
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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 2010Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresGateway National Recreation AreaFOUNTAIN1
9 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresGateway National Recreation AreaPLUMB2
8 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.9 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.9 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.9 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.9 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire 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
Rockaway Park0.7 miles33
Neponsit0.8 miles33
Seaside1.2 miles33
Holland1.8 miles33
Hammel2.2 miles33
Roxbury2.3 miles36
Broad Channel2.4 miles33
Arverne3.0 miles33

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 943603. 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.