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Midland Beach, New York

43 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the borough of Staten Island. It lies in ZIP code area 10306. The Survey maps it on The Narrows quadrangle.

Midland Beach within Richmond County

Then and now

1898 to 1998

The same ground, surveyed 100 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Midland Beach, surveyed 1998
Topographic sheet of Midland Beach, surveyed 1898

Compare 1898 against another survey:

On record in Midland Beach

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

17 surveys from 43 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

2,189 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2,189 fires within 5 miles of Midland Beach between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,973 acres in total. 207 started naturally. 158 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/undetermined1570
Natural207
Arson/incendiarism158
Smoking86
Equipment and vehicle use51
Debris and open burning44
Fireworks26
Recreation and ceremony22
Misuse of fire by a minor17
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
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 2017Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
9 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
9 September 2010Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 September 2010Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 September 2005Missing 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 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Richmond 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 Midland Beach: 4 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron. 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
Cooper & Hewitt MineIronPast Producer
New Dorp MineIronPast Producer
Tyson MineIronPast Producer
Tyson's Mine & 2 Additional MinesIronPast ProducerResidual

Every working recorded in Richmond County

Storms near this place

7 since 2014

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Midland Beach in 7 storm reports between 2014 and 2025: 7 thunderstorm wind. 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
July 2025Thunderstorm WindMidland Beach$10,000Large tree down on car on Fremont Avenue in Grant City.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindMidland Beach$10,000A tree was reported down on a house.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindMidland Beach$10,000A tree was reported down on a house on Sanilac Street.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindMidland Beach$2,000Large tree down on wires on Prescott Avenue at Clawson Street.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindMidland Beach$2,000Tree down on wires blocking road at Greeley Avenue.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindMidland Beach$2,000Numerous trees were down on Hylan Blvd. from Page Ave. to Midland Avenue.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindMidland Beach$1,000Uprooted tree blocking Mill Road at Isernia Avenue with Fire Department Responding.

Every storm recorded in Richmond 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
New Dorp Beach0.7 miles43
Grant City0.8 miles43
Dongan Hills1.1 miles43
New Dorp1.1 miles43
Oakwood1.3 miles43
Linden-Park1.3 miles43
Old Town Station1.6 miles43
Oakwood Beach1.8 miles43

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 957162. 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.