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Corona, New York

35 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the borough of Queens. It lies in ZIP code area 11368. It stands on Flushing Creek. The Survey maps it on the Jamaica quadrangle.

Corona within Queens County

Then and now

1889 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 105 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Corona, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Corona, surveyed 1889

Compare 1889 against another survey:

On record in Corona

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 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

17 surveys from 35 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

2,276 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2,276 fires within 5 miles of Corona between 2002 and 2020, burning about 538 acres in total. 142 started naturally. 99 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/undetermined1621
Smoking149
Natural142
Arson/incendiarism99
Misuse of fire by a minor82
Equipment and vehicle use76
Debris and open burning55
Recreation and ceremony39
Power generation/transmission/distribution10
Railroad operations and maintenance3

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 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
9 September 2014Missing 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 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 September 2005Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Queens County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Corona: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gypsum-Anhydrite. 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
National Gypsum/ Bronx MillGypsum-AnhydritePast Producer

Every working recorded in Queens County

Storms near this place

23 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Corona in 23 storm reports between 2008 and 2023: 12 flash flood, 10 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. The reports record 1 death. 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
September 2021Flash FloodCorona1 killedAn 86 year old woman died when her basement apartment on 84th Street near 55th Road in Elmhurst, Queens flooded.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindCorona$3,000Several limbs down on 77th Street between 31st and 32nd Avenue in Jackson Heights.
April 2015Thunderstorm WindCorona$1,500A large branch fell on a parked vehicle with minor damage to the front of the vehicle in Rego Park.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindCorona$1,000Downed tree on 88th Street between Northern Boulevard and 32nd Avenue. Time estimated by radar.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindCorona$1,000Tree split in half on 66th Avenue and Saunders Street with time estimated by radar.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindCorona$1,000Outflow winds from a thunderstorm resulted in a downed tree at Hoffman Drive and Woodhaven Boulevard.
September 2023Flash FloodCorona-DOT reports flooding on runway drive both directions. 94th Street to Marine Terminal Road. All lanes closed and detoured.
September 2023Flash FloodCorona-Runway Drive between Marine Terminal Road and 94th Street closed due to flooding.
September 2023Flash FloodCorona-All westbound lanes closed on the Grand Central Parkway at 86th street.
September 2023Flash FloodCorona-LaGuardia Terminal A closed due to flooding inside the building from heavy rain.
September 2023Flash FloodCorona-All lanes blocked due to flooding on the Grand Central Parkway westbound at 86th Street.
September 2022Flash FloodCorona-Widespread flooding on Queens Blvd in Elmhurst.
September 2021Flash FloodCorona-Queens Boulevard in Maspeth and Corona has about 2-4 feet of flowing water running across the street. Multiple cars were stranded.
September 2021Flash FloodCorona-An unidentified victim was found on the Grand Central Parkway near LaGuardia Airport inside a burned out car that had been rear ended. The fatality is believed to be flood related.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindCorona-A thunderstorm wind gust of 58 mph was measured at LaGuardia airport.
November 2020Thunderstorm WindCorona-The LGA ASOS recorded a 62 mph wind gust.
July 2019Flash FloodCorona-Water was being pumped from a basement near the intersection of Grand Avenue and Queens Boulevard in Elmhurst, Queens.
August 2018Flash FloodCorona-Flowing water up to the height of car tires was observed on 63rd Drive near Queens Boulevard in Rego Park.
September 2013Flash FloodCorona-All westbound lanes of the Grand Central Parkway at the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway were flooded.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindCorona-A gust of 54 knots was measured at LaGuardia Airport.
September 2010Thunderstorm WindCorona-Trees were down on 75th Street and 37th Avenue, partially blocking the road.
March 2008Thunderstorm WindCorona-Large trees and wires down near corner of 107th Street and 37th Drive in Corona.
August 2008HailCorona-Penny size hail was reported by the observer at LaGuardia Airpoirt.

Every storm recorded in Queens 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
Lefrak City0.8 miles35
East Elmhurst1.0 miles43
Walden Terrace1.1 miles35
Elmhurst1.2 miles37
Jackson Heights1.5 miles42
Rego Park1.5 miles35
North Beach1.5 miles42
Forest Hills2.2 miles35

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 947488. 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.