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Hamilton Beach, New York

35 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the borough of Queens. It lies in ZIP code area 11430. The Survey maps it on the Jamaica quadrangle.

Hamilton Beach within Queens County

Then and now

1889 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 105 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Hamilton Beach, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Hamilton Beach, surveyed 1889

Compare 1889 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

17 surveys from 35 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

2,311 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2,311 fires within 5 miles of Hamilton Beach between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,451 acres in total. 124 started naturally. 127 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/undetermined1729
Arson/incendiarism127
Natural124
Smoking93
Misuse of fire by a minor90
Debris and open burning55
Equipment and vehicle use52
Recreation and ceremony26
Power generation/transmission/distribution9
Fireworks4
Other causes1
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
9 September 2010Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 September 2005Missing 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 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresGateway National Recreation AreaFOUNTAIN1
9 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresGateway National Recreation AreaCREEK19
8 September 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire 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
Howard Beach0.6 miles35
South Ozone Park1.3 miles35
Ozone Park1.9 miles35
Morris Park2.7 miles35
Jamaica2.9 miles35
Woodhaven3.0 miles35
Brooklyn Manor3.1 miles35
Richmond Hill3.3 miles35

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 952092. 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.