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Bulls Head, 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 Springville Creek. The Survey maps it on the Arthur Kill quadrangle.

Bulls Head 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 Bulls Head, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Bulls Head, 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

2,265 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2,265 fires within 5 miles of Bulls Head between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,814 acres in total. 221 started naturally. 162 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/undetermined1629
Natural221
Arson/incendiarism162
Smoking87
Equipment and vehicle use55
Debris and open burning43
Recreation and ceremony21
Fireworks19
Misuse of fire by a minor16
Power generation/transmission/distribution9
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 2010Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
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 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

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Richmond County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Bulls Head: 5 past producers, 3 unknowns, 1 plant. 1 still produces. 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
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
Bloomfield0.9 miles41
New Springville0.9 miles41
Willowbrook1.3 miles41
Heartland Village1.3 miles41
Graniteville1.4 miles41
Travis1.7 miles41
Arlington1.8 miles42
Staten Island1.8 miles41

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 945167. 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.