Millburn, New York
29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Hempstead town. It lies in ZIP code area 11510. It stands on Milburn Creek. The Survey maps it on the Freeport quadrangle.
Then and now
1897 to 1994The same ground, surveyed 97 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1897 against another survey:
On record in Millburn
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.
George Sumner Kellogg Houselisted 2017 · 0.2 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
15 surveys from 29 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.
- 1897 USGS Hempstead quadrangle1:62500
- 1898 USGS Hempstead quadrangle1:62500
- 1899 USGS Hempstead quadrangle1:62500
- 1903 USGS Hempstead quadrangle1:62500, 9 printings
- 1947 USGS Freeport quadrangle1:24000
- 1949 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Freeport quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1969 USGS Freeport quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1969 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Long Island West quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Freeport quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
773 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 773 fires within 5 miles of Millburn between 1992 and 2020, burning about 323 acres in total. 29 started naturally. 83 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 | 498 |
| Smoking | 86 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 83 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 29 |
| Natural | 29 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 20 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 12 |
| Debris and open burning | 11 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Other causes | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2005 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 6 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 6 September 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 5 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.3 acres | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 5 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 5 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 5 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
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 Millburn: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Wollastonite, Garnet. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deershead | Wollastonite, Garnet | Occurrence | Wollastonite |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baldwin Harbor | 0.5 miles | 29 | |
| Baldwin | 0.6 miles | 29 | |
| Bay Colony | 1.4 miles | 29 | |
| Freeport | 1.5 miles | 29 | |
| Oceanside | 1.8 miles | 29 | |
| Rockville Centre | 1.9 miles | 29 | |
| South Hempstead | 2.4 miles | 29 | |
| Roosevelt | 2.4 miles | 29 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 979946. 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.














