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Forest Knolls, New York

42 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1995. It stands in New Rochelle City. It lies in ZIP code area 10804. It stands on Pine Brook. The Survey maps it on the Mount Vernon quadrangle.

Forest Knolls within Westchester 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 Forest Knolls, surveyed 1995
Topographic sheet of Forest Knolls, surveyed 1891

Compare 1891 against another survey:

On record in Forest Knolls

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 1 record

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 42 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

559 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 559 fires within 5 miles of Forest Knolls between 2000 and 2020, burning about 374 acres in total. 39 started naturally. 60 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/undetermined327
Smoking66
Arson/incendiarism60
Natural39
Recreation and ceremony25
Equipment and vehicle use22
Debris and open burning11
Other causes3
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
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
9 September 2015Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
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 2015Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
8 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2001Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2016Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Westchester 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
Beechmont Woods0.3 miles42
Wykagyl Park0.6 miles42
Bayberry Park0.6 miles42
Forest Heights0.6 miles42
Beechmont0.7 miles42
Rochelle Heights1.0 miles42
Pinebrook Heights1.0 miles42
Sun Haven1.1 miles42

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 950406. 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.