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City Island, New York

43 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the borough of the Bronx. It lies in ZIP code area 10464. It stands on City Island. The Survey maps it on the Flushing quadrangle.

City Island within Bronx County

Then and now

1891 to 1995

The same ground, surveyed 104 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of City Island, surveyed 1995
Topographic sheet of City Island, surveyed 1891

On record in City Island

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

15 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

1,357 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1,357 fires within 5 miles of City Island between 2001 and 2020, burning about 336 acres in total. 91 started naturally. 71 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/undetermined950
Natural91
Smoking86
Arson/incendiarism71
Recreation and ceremony67
Equipment and vehicle use40
Debris and open burning34
Power generation/transmission/distribution10
Misuse of fire by a minor6
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
9 September 2016Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
9 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 September 2010Missing 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
8 September 2020Equipment and vehicle use1.2 acresFire Department of New YorkNA
8 September 2015Natural2.0 acresFire Department of New YorkNA
8 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bronx 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
Spencer Estates1.8 miles43
Country Club1.8 miles43
Eastchester Bay2.0 miles43
Park of Edgewater2.1 miles43
Locust Point2.3 miles43
Throgs Neck2.4 miles43
Middletown2.4 miles43
Pelham Bay2.5 miles43

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 946713. 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.