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Greenhaven, New York

34 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Rye City. It lies in ZIP code area 10580. It lies near Spike Island. The Survey maps it on the Mamaroneck quadrangle.

Greenhaven within Westchester 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 Greenhaven, surveyed 1984
Topographic sheet of Greenhaven, surveyed 1897

On record in Greenhaven

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

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

298 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 298 fires within 5 miles of Greenhaven between 2000 and 2020, burning about 206 acres in total. 17 started naturally. 29 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/undetermined159
Smoking56
Arson/incendiarism29
Natural17
Recreation and ceremony15
Debris and open burning10
Equipment and vehicle use7
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
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 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
7 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
27 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
26 September 2016Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
23 September 2001Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Westchester 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 Greenhaven: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Granite. 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
Ritch QuarryGranitePast Producer

Every working 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
Shore Acres1.0 miles34
Milton1.2 miles34
Harrison1.3 miles34
Mamaroneck1.4 miles34
Orienta1.5 miles34
Brentwood Plaza1.5 miles34
Harbor Heights1.7 miles34
Sunset Ridge2.0 miles34

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 977341. 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.