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Glen Oaks, New York

29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the borough of Queens. It lies in ZIP code area 11004. The Survey maps it on the Lynbrook quadrangle.

Glen Oaks within Queens 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 Oaks, surveyed 1984
Topographic sheet of Glen Oaks, surveyed 1897

On record in Glen Oaks

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

14 surveys from 29 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

1,425 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1,425 fires within 5 miles of Glen Oaks between 2000 and 2020, burning about 447 acres in total. 81 started naturally. 133 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/undetermined891
Arson/incendiarism133
Smoking96
Natural81
Power generation/transmission/distribution72
Recreation and ceremony49
Equipment and vehicle use45
Debris and open burning37
Misuse of fire by a minor17
Railroad operations and maintenance4

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 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
8 September 2015Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
8 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2010Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2003Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2016Recreation and ceremony1.3 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A

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 Glen Oaks: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Bay Shore PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working 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
Little Neck1.8 miles34
Queens Village2.1 miles29
Surrey Estates2.1 miles29
Douglaston2.4 miles34
Hollis Hills2.5 miles35
Parsons Beach2.7 miles43
Oakland Gardens2.9 miles43
Bellaire3.2 miles35

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 951188. 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.