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Greenwich Village, New York

40 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the borough of Manhattan. It lies in ZIP code area 10014. It stands on Minetta Brook (historical). The Survey maps it on the Jersey City quadrangle.

Greenwich Village within New York County

Then and now

1898 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 88 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Greenwich Village, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Greenwich Village, surveyed 1898

On record in Greenwich Village

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 12 of 106 shown

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Every listing in New York County

Topographic sheets covering this place

16 surveys from 40 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

1,096 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1,096 fires within 5 miles of Greenwich Village between 1995 and 2020, burning about 381 acres in total. 73 started naturally. 91 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/undetermined687
Arson/incendiarism91
Smoking75
Natural73
Equipment and vehicle use56
Debris and open burning42
Misuse of fire by a minor31
Fireworks23
Recreation and ceremony7
Other causes4
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Railroad operations and maintenance3

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 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
9 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
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
9 September 2005Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
7 September 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in New York County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Greenwich Village: 7 occurrences, 2 producers, 2 unknowns, 2 past producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Iron, Graphite, Manganese. 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
49th St & 1st Ave Beryl DepositBerylliumOccurrence
64th St & 10th Ave Stilbite DepositZeolitesOccurrence
69th/70th Sts & 2nd Ave DepositIron, Garnet, TitaniumOccurrence
Dixon Crucible/ Jersey City, N.J.GraphiteUnknown
General Metallic Oxides/Jersey CityManganeseUnknown
Manhattan Island OccurrenceMolybdenumOccurrence
2nd St & 4th Ave Siderite DepositIronOccurrence
55th/56th Sts & 3rd Ave DepositIronOccurrence
85th/86th Sts, 9th/10th Aves Dep.IronOccurrence
Gallo Asphalt Co.Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer1850, 1985

Every working recorded in New York 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
University Village0.2 miles37
Washington Square Village0.3 miles37
Soho0.4 miles37
Rhinelander Gardens (historical)0.5 miles37
Little Italy0.6 miles37
East Village0.8 miles37
Chinatown0.9 miles37
Tribeca1.0 miles40

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 951781. 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.