Linden Hill, New York
43 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the borough of Queens. It lies in ZIP code area 11354. It stands on Mill Creek. The Survey maps it on the Flushing quadrangle.
Then and now
1891 to 1995The 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.


Compare 1891 against another survey:
On record in Linden Hill
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 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Old Quaker MeetinghouseNational Historic Landmark · listed 1967 · 0.6 miles away
Flushing High Schoollisted 1992 · 0.4 miles away
Kingsland Homesteadlisted 1972 · 0.5 miles away
Flushing Town Halllisted 1972 · 0.5 miles away
John Bowne Houselisted 1977 · 0.6 miles away
Flushing Armorylisted 1995 · 0.6 miles away
RKO Keith's Theaterlisted 1982 · 0.6 miles away
St. George's Churchlisted 2008 · 0.8 miles away
Main Street Subway Station (Dual System IRT)listed 2004 · 0.8 miles away
Free Synagogue of Flushinglisted 2009 · 0.8 miles away
US Post Office-Flushing Mainlisted 1988 · 0.8 miles away- Conrad Voelcker Houselisted 2020 · 0.7 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
15 surveys from 43 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.
- 1891 USGS Harlem quadrangle1:62500
- 1897 USGS Harlem quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1898 USGS Harlem quadrangle1:62500
- 1900 USGS Harlem quadrangle1:62500, 16 printings
- 1947 USGS Flushing quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Flushing 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
- 1966 USGS Flushing quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1969 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Long Island West quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1995 USGS Flushing quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
2,031 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2,031 fires within 5 miles of Linden Hill between 2000 and 2020, burning about 456 acres in total. 128 started naturally. 99 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 | 1454 |
| Smoking | 129 |
| Natural | 128 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 99 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 59 |
| Debris and open burning | 52 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 51 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 49 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
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 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 9 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 9 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 9 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 9 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 9 September 2005 | Smoking | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 9 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 8 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Linden Hill: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gypsum-Anhydrite. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| National Gypsum/ Bronx Mill | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flushing | 0.6 miles | 43 | |
| Murray Hill | 1.0 miles | 43 | |
| Malba | 1.4 miles | 43 | |
| College Point | 1.5 miles | 43 | |
| Whitestone | 1.7 miles | 43 | |
| Beechhurst | 1.8 miles | 43 | |
| Queens | 2.1 miles | 35 | |
| East Elmhurst | 2.2 miles | 43 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2080541. 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.














