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Bloomfield, New York

41 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the borough of Staten Island. It lies in ZIP code area 10314. It stands on Sawmill Creek. The Survey maps it on the Arthur Kill quadrangle.

Bloomfield within Richmond County

Then and now

1898 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 88 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Bloomfield, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Bloomfield, surveyed 1898

Topographic sheets covering this place

16 surveys from 41 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

1,662 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1,662 fires within 5 miles of Bloomfield between 1995 and 2020, burning about 971 acres in total. 160 started naturally. 129 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/undetermined1190
Natural160
Arson/incendiarism129
Smoking62
Equipment and vehicle use48
Debris and open burning30
Recreation and ceremony13
Misuse of fire by a minor10
Fireworks10
Power generation/transmission/distribution7
Other causes3

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 2017Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
9 September 2010Naturalunder 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 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
8 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresFire Department of New YorkNA
8 September 2010Recreation and ceremony3.9 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Richmond County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Bloomfield: 5 past producers, 3 unknowns, 1 plant, 1 producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Platinum, Kaolin, REE. 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
Engelhard Minerals & Chem/ CarteretPlatinumPlant
Georgia Kaolin/ Elizabeth, N.J.KaolinUnknown
LindenIodineProducer
Varlacoid Chemical/Elizabeth, N.J.REEUnknown
Cooper & Hewitt MineIronPast Producer
Iron Oxide Crppigments/ElizabethIronPast Producer
New Dorp MineIronPast Producer
Seneca Coal/ Elizabeth, N.J.IronUnknown
Tyson MineIronPast Producer
Tyson's Mine & 2 Additional MinesIronPast ProducerResidual

Every working recorded in Richmond 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
Bulls Head0.9 miles41
Chelsea1.2 miles41
Old Place1.3 miles42
Travis1.4 miles41
Gulfport1.5 miles42
Arlington1.5 miles42
New Springville1.5 miles41
Graniteville1.8 miles41

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 944285. 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.