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Harbor View Terrace, New York

42 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the borough of Manhattan. It lies in ZIP code area 10019. The Survey maps it on the Central Park quadrangle.

Harbor View Terrace within New York County

Then and now

1891 to 1995

The same ground, surveyed 104 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Harbor View Terrace, surveyed 1995
Topographic sheet of Harbor View Terrace, surveyed 1891

On record in Harbor View Terrace

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 63 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

15 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

1,191 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1,191 fires within 5 miles of Harbor View Terrace between 1995 and 2020, burning about 563 acres in total. 84 started naturally. 80 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/undetermined737
Smoking86
Natural84
Arson/incendiarism80
Equipment and vehicle use62
Misuse of fire by a minor51
Debris and open burning44
Fireworks23
Recreation and ceremony14
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Railroad operations and maintenance4
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
9 September 2014Missing 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 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
8 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
8 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.9 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.9 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in New York County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 15 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Harbor View Terrace: 9 occurrences, 5 past producers, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Iron, Manganese, Garnet. 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
102nd St & 4th Ave Garnet DepositGarnet, GemstoneOccurrence
49th St & 1st Ave Beryl DepositBerylliumOccurrence
64th St & 10th Ave Stilbite DepositZeolitesOccurrence
69th/70th Sts & 2nd Ave DepositIron, Garnet, TitaniumOccurrence
General Metallic Oxides/Jersey CityManganeseUnknown
Heisenbuttles QuarryStone, DimensionPast Producer1897, 1908
Manhattan Island OccurrenceMolybdenumOccurrence
Unnamed Pge OccurrencePalladium, PlatinumOccurrence
2nd St & 4th Ave Siderite DepositIronOccurrence
55th/56th Sts & 3rd Ave DepositIronOccurrence

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
Clinton0.2 miles42
San Juan Hill0.4 miles42
Hell's Kitchen0.8 miles42
Harsenville (historical)1.0 miles42
Penn Station South1.4 miles37
Murray Hill1.5 miles37
Chelsea1.6 miles40
Upper West Side1.6 miles42

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2083196. 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.