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Charleston, 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 10309. It stands on Mill Creek. The Survey maps it on the Arthur Kill quadrangle.

Charleston 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 Charleston, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Charleston, 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

897 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 897 fires within 5 miles of Charleston between 1992 and 2020, burning about 249 acres in total. 65 started naturally. 101 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/undetermined622
Arson/incendiarism101
Natural65
Smoking30
Recreation and ceremony20
Equipment and vehicle use20
Misuse of fire by a minor12
Debris and open burning12
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Fireworks3
Other causes2

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
8 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresFire Department of New YorkNA
8 September 2010Recreation and ceremony3.9 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
8 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.9 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2016Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
7 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
7 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2009Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Richmond County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Charleston: 3 plants, 2 producers, 1 past producer. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Copper, Sulfur, Silver. 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
(Facility) Asarco Refinery/ Perth Amboy, N.J.Copper, SilverPlant
(Facility) Chevron Refinery/ Perth Amboy, N.J.SulfurPlant
Engelhard Minerals & Chem/ CarteretPlatinumPlant
Crossman Co. Clay MineClayProducer
Mainstreet Clay MineClayProducer
Menlo Park MineCopperPast ProducerVein

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
Richmond Valley1.2 miles41
Pleasant Plains1.4 miles41
Rossville1.8 miles41
Tottenville1.9 miles41
Woodrow2.2 miles41
Princes Bay2.2 miles41
Huguenot2.3 miles41
Seaside3.1 miles41

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 946403. 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.