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Bergen Beach, New York

36 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the borough of Brooklyn. It lies in ZIP code area 11234. The Survey maps it on the Coney Island quadrangle.

Bergen Beach within Kings County

Then and now

1889 to 1995

The same ground, surveyed 106 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Bergen Beach, surveyed 1995
Topographic sheet of Bergen Beach, surveyed 1889

Topographic sheets covering this place

16 surveys from 36 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

2,588 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2,588 fires within 5 miles of Bergen Beach between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,784 acres in total. 140 started naturally. 215 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/undetermined1913
Arson/incendiarism215
Natural140
Smoking103
Debris and open burning72
Equipment and vehicle use49
Misuse of fire by a minor46
Recreation and ceremony33
Fireworks7
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Other causes2
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 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
9 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 September 2010Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 September 2010Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresGateway National Recreation AreaFOUNTAIN1
9 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresGateway National Recreation AreaCREEK19

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Kings County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Bergen Beach: 3 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Lead, Iron. 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
D Smith Steel/ Brooklyn, N.Y.IronUnknown
N L Industries/ Brooklyn. N.Y.LeadUnknown
Roosevelt Metal/ Brooklyn, N.Y.LeadUnknown

Every working recorded in Kings 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
Georgetown0.4 miles36
Paerdegat0.6 miles37
Flatlands1.5 miles36
Keshaechquereren (historical)1.6 miles36
Canarsie1.6 miles37
Gerritsen2.1 miles36
Spring Creek Towers2.4 miles37
East Flatbush2.6 miles37

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 943722. 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.