Broad Channel, 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 11693. It lies near Winhole Hassock. The Survey maps it on the Far Rockaway quadrangle.
Then and now
1889 to 1984The 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.


On record in Broad Channel
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Rockaway Courthouselisted 2014 · 0.9 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
15 surveys from 33 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1889 USGS Brooklyn quadrangle1:62500
- 1891 USGS Brooklyn quadrangle1:62500
- 1897 USGS Brooklyn quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1898 USGS Brooklyn quadrangle1:62500
- 1900 USGS Brooklyn quadrangle1:62500, 11 printings
- 1947 USGS Far Rockaway quadrangle1:24000
- 1949 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Far Rockaway quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1969 USGS Far Rockaway quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1969 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Long Island West quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
1,313 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1,313 fires within 5 miles of Broad Channel between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,445 acres in total. 68 started naturally. 80 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/undetermined | 989 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 80 |
| Natural | 68 |
| Smoking | 39 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 35 |
| Debris and open burning | 33 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 33 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 25 |
| Fireworks | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 9 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Gateway National Recreation Area | FOUNTAIN1 |
| 9 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Gateway National Recreation Area | CREEK19 |
| 8 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.9 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 8 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.9 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 8 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.9 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 8 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 8 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.9 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Broad Channel in 2 storm reports between 2006 and 2018: 2 flash flood. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2018 | Flash Flood | Broad Channel | - | Flooding resulted in a water rescue at the intersection of Rockaway Boulevard and Brookville Boulevard in Rosedale, Queens. |
| August 2006 | Flash Flood | Broad Channel | - | no account filed |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Holland | 1.2 miles | 33 | |
| Hammel | 1.2 miles | 33 | |
| Somerville | 1.3 miles | 33 | |
| Seaside | 1.4 miles | 33 | |
| Arverne | 1.5 miles | 33 | |
| Rockaway Park | 1.8 miles | 33 | |
| Belle Harbor | 2.4 miles | 33 | |
| Edgemere | 2.8 miles | 33 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 944781. 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.
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.














