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Glen Cove, New York

34 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Glen Cove City. It lies in ZIP code area 11542. The Survey maps it on the Sea Cliff quadrangle. 28,365 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 23 feet above sea level.

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Glen Cove within Nassau County

Then and now

1897 to 1984

The same ground, surveyed 87 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Glen Cove, surveyed 1984
Topographic sheet of Glen Cove, surveyed 1897

On record in Glen Cove

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 6 records

Population over time

2 figures

Glen Cove grew from 26,964 to 28,365 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
201026,964
202028,365+1,401 (+5%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 34 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

265 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 265 fires within 5 miles of Glen Cove between 2000 and 2020, burning about 113 acres in total. 19 started naturally. 22 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/undetermined116
Smoking51
Arson/incendiarism22
Power generation/transmission/distribution21
Natural19
Recreation and ceremony14
Debris and open burning11
Equipment and vehicle use6
Misuse of fire by a minor4
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 2017Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
7 September 2009Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2002Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 September 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
4 September 2003Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
30 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
25 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Nassau County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Glen Cove: 3 past producers, 1 producer, 1 unknown. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Tungsten. 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
L I Tungsten Corp/ Glen Cove, N.Y.TungstenUnknown
Mccormack Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Port Washington PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Port Washington Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Port Washington PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Nassau County

Storms near this place

23 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Glen Cove in 23 storm reports between 2002 and 2024: 12 thunderstorm wind, 5 flash flood, 3 hail, 2 flood. The reports record 2 injuries. 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
July 2012Thunderstorm WindGlen Cove2 hurt, $10,000Multiple trees fell at Morgan Memorial Park, including one onto a Gazebo, which injured one person under it, and a second on a car, injuring the occupant.
August 2005Tornado (F1)Glen Cove$135,000A weak and short-lived F1 tornado touched down around 945 pm EDT in Glen Cove. The tornado formed in a thunderstorm that formed on an outflow boundary produced by a line of thunderstorms over Long Island Sound. The tornado moved from northwest to southeast and was estimated to be on the ground for only a minute or two. However, it caused considerable damage to many of the large trees in the area. Many large trees in the neighborhood to the south of the Welwyn Preserve came down and did considerable damage to homes and property. Damage was reported as far southeast as North Shore University Hospital. There were no known injuries.
September 2010Thunderstorm WindGlen Cove$20,000A large tree was downed on three cars.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindGlen Cove$15,000Glen Cove reports numerous trees down across the area.
August 2009Thunderstorm WindGlen Cove$7,500Numerous tree limbs and power lines were reported down throughout the town of Glenn Cove.
August 2009Thunderstorm WindGlen Cove$7,500Several trees were reported down in Glenn Cove.
July 2009Thunderstorm WindGlen Cove$5,000Numerous trees were downed.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindGlen Cove$4,000Multiple power lines were reported down throughout Glen Cove.
August 2008Thunderstorm WindGlen Cove$2,000Trees were reported down on Philips Road, Saint Andrew Lane, and Elm Avenue just west of Glen Cove.
August 2016Thunderstorm WindGlen Cove$500A large tree limb was reported down at a home near the Nassau Country Club.
August 2024Flash FloodGlen Cove-Nassau County Emergency Management reports multiple vehicles stuck in flood waters with ongoing rescues in Glen Cove, Port Washington, and Locust Valley.
July 2021Flash FloodGlen Cove-Police reported that numerous roadways were flooded and impassable in Glen Cove.
July 2021Flash FloodGlen Cove-Route 107 was flooded in Glen Head with water flowing across the road and several vehicles disabled.
July 2019Flash FloodGlen Cove-Several roads in Glen Cove were impassable due to flooding including Duck Pond Road, Garvies Point Road, and Sea Cliff Avenue.
March 2010FloodGlen Cove-Glen Cove High School was evacuated due to flooding. Several roads were closed in Bayville due to flooding. Some residents also had basement flooding.||Total rainfall amounts received ranged from 2.92 inches in Malverne to 5.31 inches in East Meadow.
March 2010FloodGlen Cove-Heavy rain caused a mudslide and property damage between 119 Shore Rd. in Glen Cove and 11 Prospect Ave. in Sea Cliff.||Total rainfall amounts reported across Nassau County were between 4.66 inches in Levittown and 6.18 inches in Lynbrook.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindGlen Cove-A wind gust of 58 MPH was estimated by a NWS employee.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindGlen Cove-A 58 MPH wind gust was estimated by a trained spotter.
August 2009Thunderstorm WindGlen Cove-A mesonet site in Glenn Cove measured a gust of 77 mph.
July 2009HailGlen Cove-Nickel size hail was reported by emergency management officials.
August 2008HailGlen Cove-Quarter size hail was reported.
May 2002Flash FloodGlen Cove-Thunderstorms produced rainfall rates between 1 and 2 inches per hour, which resulted in widespread flooding of streets and poor drainage areas.
June 2015HailGlen Cove-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Nassau 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
Glen Cove Landing1.1 miles34
Sea Cliff1.1 miles34
Glen Head1.9 miles35
Locust Valley2.2 miles34
Glenwood Landing2.2 miles34
Old Brookville2.6 miles35
South Glenwood Landing2.8 miles34
Lattingtown2.9 miles34

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on Glen CoveAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1006668The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 977339. 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.