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Manhasset, 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 11030. The Survey maps it on the Sea Cliff quadrangle.

Manhasset 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 Manhasset, surveyed 1984
Topographic sheet of Manhasset, surveyed 1897

On record in Manhasset

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 4 records

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

734 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 734 fires within 5 miles of Manhasset between 2000 and 2020, burning about 244 acres in total. 53 started naturally. 56 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/undetermined465
Arson/incendiarism56
Natural53
Smoking50
Recreation and ceremony33
Power generation/transmission/distribution29
Debris and open burning21
Equipment and vehicle use19
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Railroad operations and maintenance2

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 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
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
5 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2004Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresFire Department of New YorkNA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Nassau County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Manhasset: 3 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. 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
Mccormack Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Port Washington PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Port Washington Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Port Washington PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Nassau County

Storms near this place

12 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Manhasset in 12 storm reports between 1995 and 2022: 5 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 2 flood, 1 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2014FloodManhasset$16,000The heavy rain caused a mudslide that partially buried two cars in the parking lot at six Harbor Park Drive in Port Washington. Another mudslide on Bay Ave. near 16th Ave. in Sea Cliff resulted in the evacuation of two homes after a retaining wall overlooking Hempstead Harbor collapsed taking the backyard and patio of one residents home with it. Property damage amount is estimated. Storm total rainfall amounts reported across the county ranged from 2.37 inches in Reynolds Channel to 5.82 inches in Roslyn Heights.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindManhasset$15,000Numerous trees were reported down across roads in Manhasset.
July 2019LightningManhasset$6,000In Flower Hill section of Port Washington a house went on fire from a lightning strike.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindManhasset$3,000Trees reported down in Flower Hill.
August 2022Flash FloodManhasset-Vehicle stuck in high water with two occupants trapped on Park Avenue.
July 2019Flash FloodManhasset-Nassau County Traffic Management reported that Port Washington Boulevard (NY 101) was closed due to flooding in Flower Hill between Northern Boulevard (NY 25A) and Crabapple Road.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindManhasset-A 60 MPH wind gust was estimated near Manhasset Bay.
August 2008Flash FloodManhasset-Cars were stranded in high water with water rescuses being performed in Roslyn.
August 2002Thunderstorm WindManhasset-Local police reported that several large tree limbs were knocked down by this storm.
July 1995Thunderstorm WindManhasset-Thunderstorms downed numerous trees and power lines.
July 2008HailManhasset-no account filed
August 2001FloodManhasset-no account filed

Every storm 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
Plandome Heights0.4 miles34
Plandome0.6 miles34
Munsey Park1.0 miles34
Thomaston1.1 miles34
Flower Hill1.2 miles34
Kensington1.2 miles34
Strathmore1.2 miles34
Plandome Manor1.3 miles34

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 956342. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.