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Edgemere, New York

33 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the borough of Queens. It lies in ZIP code area 11691. It lies near Bass Channel Island (historical). The Survey maps it on the Far Rockaway quadrangle.

Edgemere within Queens County

Then and now

1889 to 1984

The same ground, surveyed 95 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Edgemere, surveyed 1984
Topographic sheet of Edgemere, surveyed 1889

On record in Edgemere

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 2 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 33 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

452 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 452 fires within 5 miles of Edgemere between 1993 and 2020, burning about 342 acres in total. 22 started naturally. 26 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/undetermined325
Arson/incendiarism26
Misuse of fire by a minor24
Natural22
Smoking20
Equipment and vehicle use15
Debris and open burning12
Recreation and ceremony6
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.9 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.9 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2016Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
6 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
6 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGateway National Recreation AreaWILDLIFE
5 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.3 acresFire Department of New YorkNA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire 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
Wave Crest0.3 miles33
Far Rockaway0.9 miles33
Bayswater1.0 miles33
Arverne1.5 miles33
Somerville1.6 miles33
Hammel2.3 miles33
Holland2.7 miles33
Broad Channel2.8 miles33

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 949371. 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.