Elm Park, New York
42 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the borough of Staten Island. It lies in ZIP code area 10303. It lies near Shooters Island. The Survey maps it on the Elizabeth quadrangle.
Then and now
1898 to 1995The same ground, surveyed 97 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1898 against another survey:
On record in Elm Park
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.
Temple Emanu-Ellisted 2007 · 0.8 miles away- STANDARD OIL COMPANY NO. 16 (harbor tug)listed 2001 · 0.7 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
17 surveys from 42 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1898 USGS Staten Island quadrangle1:62500
- 1900 USGS Passaic quadrangle1:125000
- 1900 USGS Staten Island quadrangle1:62500, 10 printings
- 1905 USGS Passaic quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1942 USGS Passaic quadrangle1:125000
- 1944 USGS Newark quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1947 USGS Elizabeth quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Newark quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Elizabeth quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Newark quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Newark quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Newark quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1964 USGS Newark quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1967 USGS Elizabeth quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Newark quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Newark quadrangle1:100000
- 1995 USGS Elizabeth quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
1,542 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1,542 fires within 5 miles of Elm Park between 2002 and 2020, burning about 529 acres in total. 166 started naturally. 102 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/undetermined | 1073 |
| Natural | 166 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 102 |
| Smoking | 74 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 50 |
| Debris and open burning | 36 |
| Fireworks | 19 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Other causes | 2 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 8 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 8 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 8 September 2010 | Smoking | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 8 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.9 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 8 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 September 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 7 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Elm Park: 5 past producers, 3 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Kaolin, REE. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Georgia Kaolin/ Elizabeth, N.J. | Kaolin | Unknown | ||
| Varlacoid Chemical/Elizabeth, N.J. | REE | Unknown | ||
| Cooper & Hewitt Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Iron Oxide Crppigments/Elizabeth | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| New Dorp Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Seneca Coal/ Elizabeth, N.J. | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Tyson Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Tyson's Mine & 2 Additional Mines | Iron | Past Producer | Residual |
Storms near this place
3 since 2019Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Elm Park in 3 storm reports between 2019 and 2025: 2 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2025 | Flash Flood | Elm Park | - | Flooding on I-278 eastbound approaching Lambert Street. Closed. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elm Park | - | Mesonet site MHRN6 2 miles SEof Elizabeth NJ measured a 52 knot wind gust. |
| July 2019 | Flash Flood | Elm Park | - | Street flooding with water up to car floorboards was reported in the Bulls Head section of Staten Island. |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Graniteville | 0.5 miles | 41 | |
| Mariners Harbor | 0.6 miles | 42 | |
| Port Richmond | 0.7 miles | 42 | |
| Arlington | 0.9 miles | 42 | |
| Westerleigh | 1.1 miles | 41 | |
| Edwin Markham Gardens | 1.8 miles | 40 | |
| Port Ivory | 1.8 miles | 42 | |
| Bulls Head | 1.8 miles | 41 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 949550. 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.
















