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Castleton Corners, New York

43 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the borough of Staten Island. It lies in ZIP code area 10314. It lies near Todt Hill. The Survey maps it on The Narrows quadrangle.

Castleton Corners within Richmond County

Then and now

1898 to 1998

The same ground, surveyed 100 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Castleton Corners, surveyed 1998
Topographic sheet of Castleton Corners, surveyed 1898

Compare 1898 against another survey:

On record in Castleton Corners

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 3 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

17 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

2,193 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2,193 fires within 5 miles of Castleton Corners between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,034 acres in total. 220 started naturally. 140 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/undetermined1576
Natural220
Arson/incendiarism140
Smoking88
Equipment and vehicle use57
Debris and open burning44
Fireworks27
Recreation and ceremony18
Misuse of fire by a minor14
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
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

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Castleton Corners: 4 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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
Cooper & Hewitt MineIronPast Producer
New Dorp MineIronPast Producer
Tyson MineIronPast Producer
Tyson's Mine & 2 Additional MinesIronPast ProducerResidual

Every working recorded in Richmond County

Storms near this place

16 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Castleton Corners in 16 storm reports between 2007 and 2025: 8 thunderstorm wind, 4 flash flood, 2 hail, 1 heavy rain. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2019Thunderstorm WindCastleton Corners$15,000Trees down on Avon Lane and Ordell Avenue with tree on Ordell Avenue on a house.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindCastleton Corners$7,500A tree was reported down on a car along Manor Road.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindCastleton Corners$5,000A tree fell onto a car at Caswell Avenue and Livermore Avenue. The road is also blocked by the downed tree.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindCastleton Corners$4,000A large tree was brought down and blocking Maine Avenue.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindCastleton Corners$2,000Large tree down on power lines blocking Manor Road.
September 2019Thunderstorm WindCastleton Corners$1,000Tree down on Decker Avenue. Time estimated.
March 2022Thunderstorm WindCastleton Corners-Large tree branches down.
September 2021Flash FloodCastleton Corners-Water was flooding into the basements of many homes in the Todt Hill section of Staten Island and sewer mains were overflowing.
September 2021Flash FloodCastleton Corners-Cars were stuck in flood waters at the intersection of Crystal Avenue and College Avenue in Westerleigh.
May 2019HailCastleton Corners-Hail of 0.88 inches in diameter reported on Willard Avenue.
May 2017Flash FloodCastleton Corners-Numerous streets were flooded and impassable to vehicles in the Willowbrook section of Staten Island.
June 2012HailCastleton Corners-Quarter size hail was reported in Port Richmond.
September 2010Thunderstorm WindCastleton Corners-A tree was downed on a house.
September 2008Flash FloodCastleton Corners-There were many flooded highways and road closures in Port Richmond.
August 2007Heavy RainCastleton Corners-Heavy rain and ponding of water caused driver to pull over on the Staten Island Expressway at Bradley Avenue. The vehicle was rear ended.
August 2007Tornado (EF1)Castleton Corners-The first tornado touchdown was in Staten Island at approximately |6:22 am in the vicinity of St. Austins Place in the Livingston-Randall Manor area. The tornado moved east, with additional damage occurring in the Tompkinsville area. Most of the damage in Staten Island was to trees, and estimated at EF-1 on the Enhanced Fujita Scale, with winds of 86 to 100 mph. ||Based on re-analysis of radar data, the Staten Island tornado apparently dissipated as a second circulation developed just north of the first circulation. The damage in Tompkinsville may be a result of this second circulation. |

Every storm 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
Westerleigh0.7 miles41
Sunnyside1.0 miles43
Willowbrook1.1 miles41
Emerson Hill1.4 miles43
Port Richmond1.6 miles42
West New Brighton1.6 miles40
Grymes Hill1.6 miles43
Graniteville1.6 miles41

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 946000. 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.

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.