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Little Italy, New York

37 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the borough of Manhattan. It lies in ZIP code area 10012. It stands on Minetta Brook (historical). The Survey maps it on the Brooklyn quadrangle.

Little Italy within New York County

Then and now

1889 to 1995

The same ground, surveyed 106 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Little Italy, surveyed 1995
Topographic sheet of Little Italy, surveyed 1889

On record in Little Italy

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 122 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

16 surveys from 37 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

1,254 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1,254 fires within 5 miles of Little Italy between 1995 and 2020, burning about 374 acres in total. 85 started naturally. 104 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/undetermined794
Arson/incendiarism104
Natural85
Smoking80
Equipment and vehicle use58
Debris and open burning51
Misuse of fire by a minor35
Fireworks24
Recreation and ceremony8
Railroad operations and maintenance7
Other causes4
Power generation/transmission/distribution4

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 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
9 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 September 2010Missing 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 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
7 September 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in New York County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Little Italy: 7 occurrences, 2 unknowns, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Graphite, Manganese, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
49th St & 1st Ave Beryl DepositBerylliumOccurrence
64th St & 10th Ave Stilbite DepositZeolitesOccurrence
69th/70th Sts & 2nd Ave DepositIron, Garnet, TitaniumOccurrence
Dixon Crucible/ Jersey City, N.J.GraphiteUnknown
General Metallic Oxides/Jersey CityManganeseUnknown
Manhattan Island OccurrenceMolybdenumOccurrence
Week's Trap QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer1898
2nd St & 4th Ave Siderite DepositIronOccurrence
55th/56th Sts & 3rd Ave DepositIronOccurrence
85th/86th Sts, 9th/10th Aves Dep.IronOccurrence

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
Soho0.2 miles37
Chinatown0.3 miles37
Hester - Allen Turnkey Housing0.4 miles37
University Village0.4 miles37
Washington Square Village0.5 miles37
Lower East Side0.6 miles37
Greenwich Village0.6 miles40
New York0.7 miles40

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2062660. 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.