Harbor Heights, New York
34 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Mamaroneck town. It lies in ZIP code area 10543. It lies near The Flats. The Survey maps it on the Mamaroneck quadrangle.
Then and now
1897 to 1984The 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.


On record in Harbor Heights
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 3 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Hadden-Margolis Houselisted 2008 · 0.6 miles away
Albert E. and Emily Wilson Houselisted 2007 · 0.8 miles away
Mamaroneck Methodist Churchlisted 1992 · 1.0 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 34 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1897 USGS Oyster Bay quadrangle1:62500
- 1898 USGS Oyster Bay quadrangle1:62500
- 1900 USGS Oyster Bay quadrangle1:62500, 15 printings
- 1947 USGS Mamaroneck quadrangle1:24000
- 1949 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Mamaroneck quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1967 USGS Mamaroneck quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1969 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Long Island West quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
662 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 662 fires within 5 miles of Harbor Heights between 2000 and 2020, burning about 504 acres in total. 33 started naturally. 71 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/undetermined | 390 |
| Smoking | 85 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 71 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 36 |
| Natural | 33 |
| Debris and open burning | 17 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 8 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 8 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2005 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 8 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 8 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 8 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 8 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 8 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 8 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elmcroft Estates | 0.9 miles | 34 | |
| Brentwood Plaza | 0.9 miles | 34 | |
| Harrison | 1.1 miles | 34 | |
| Mamaroneck | 1.2 miles | 34 | |
| Shore Acres | 1.4 miles | 34 | |
| Murdock Woods | 1.4 miles | 42 | |
| Colonial Acres | 1.5 miles | 42 | |
| Sunset Ridge | 1.6 miles | 34 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2557075. 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.












