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Bird Grove, New York

43 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1995. It stands in North Hempstead town. It lies in ZIP code area 11024. It stands on Mitchells Creek. The Survey maps it on the Flushing quadrangle.

Bird Grove within Nassau 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 Bird Grove, surveyed 1995
Topographic sheet of Bird Grove, 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

771 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 771 fires within 5 miles of Bird Grove between 2000 and 2020, burning about 212 acres in total. 66 started naturally. 39 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/undetermined510
Natural66
Smoking52
Recreation and ceremony40
Arson/incendiarism39
Power generation/transmission/distribution25
Debris and open burning21
Equipment and vehicle use14
Misuse of fire by a minor3
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 2016Recreation and ceremonyunder 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
8 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2016Recreation and ceremony1.3 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
7 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
7 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Nassau County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Bird Grove: 3 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. 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
Mccormack Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Port Washington PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Port Washington Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Port Washington PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Nassau 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
Kings Point1.4 miles34
Manorhaven2.3 miles34
Sands Point2.3 miles34
Great Neck2.6 miles34
Saddle Rock2.6 miles34
Saddle Rock Estates2.8 miles34
Harbor Hills2.9 miles34
Great Neck Gardens2.9 miles34

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q122538969The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 973471. 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.