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Lake Success, New York

34 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 1984. It stands in North Hempstead town. It lies in ZIP code area 11020. The Survey maps it on the Sea Cliff quadrangle.

Lake Success within Nassau County

Then and now

1897 to 1984

The 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.

Topographic sheet of Lake Success, surveyed 1984
Topographic sheet of Lake Success, surveyed 1897

On record in Lake Success

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 1 record

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

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 34 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

1,150 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1,150 fires within 5 miles of Lake Success between 2000 and 2020, burning about 357 acres in total. 70 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/undetermined733
Arson/incendiarism91
Smoking80
Natural70
Recreation and ceremony56
Power generation/transmission/distribution48
Debris and open burning32
Equipment and vehicle use29
Misuse of fire by a minor8
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
8 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
8 September 2010Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2016Recreation and ceremony1.3 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
7 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2003Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Nassau County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Lake Success: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Bay Shore PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Mccormack Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Port Washington PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Nassau 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 Gardens0.5 miles34
Russell Gardens0.8 miles34
Thomaston1.1 miles34
Great Neck Plaza1.2 miles34
Great Neck Estates1.5 miles34
Kensington1.6 miles34
Great Neck Gardens1.9 miles34
Saddle Rock Estates2.0 miles34

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 954942. 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.