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Gulfport, New York

42 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the borough of Staten Island. It lies in ZIP code area 10314. It stands on Old Place Creek. The Survey maps it on the Elizabeth quadrangle.

Gulfport within Richmond County

Then and now

1898 to 1995

The same ground, surveyed 97 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Gulfport, surveyed 1995
Topographic sheet of Gulfport, surveyed 1898

Compare 1898 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

17 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

787 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 787 fires within 5 miles of Gulfport between 1997 and 2020, burning about 336 acres in total. 86 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/undetermined534
Natural86
Arson/incendiarism60
Smoking40
Equipment and vehicle use34
Debris and open burning17
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Recreation and ceremony4
Fireworks3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Other causes2

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 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
8 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresFire Department of New YorkNA
8 September 2010Recreation and ceremony3.9 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
7 September 2016Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
7 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
7 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
7 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Richmond County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Gulfport: 4 past producers, 4 unknowns, 1 plant, 1 producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Iodine, Platinum, Kaolin. 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
Engelhard Minerals & Chem/ CarteretPlatinumPlant
Georgia Kaolin/ Elizabeth, N.J.KaolinUnknown
Varlacoid Chemical/Elizabeth, N.J.REEUnknown
LindenIodineProducer
Rahway PlantIodineUnknown
Cooper & Hewitt MineIronPast Producer
Iron Oxide Crppigments/ElizabethIronPast Producer
Seneca Coal/ Elizabeth, N.J.IronUnknown
Tyson MineIronPast Producer
Tyson's Mine & 2 Additional MinesIronPast ProducerResidual

Every working recorded in Richmond 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
Old Place0.5 miles42
Port Ivory1.1 miles42
Bloomfield1.5 miles41
Arlington1.6 miles42
Chelsea2.0 miles41
Mariners Harbor2.0 miles42
Bulls Head2.4 miles41
Elm Park2.5 miles42

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 972578. 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.