Murray Hill, 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 10016. It lies near Belmont Island. The Survey maps it on the Brooklyn quadrangle.
Then and now
1889 to 1995The 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.


On record in Murray 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 of 124 shown
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Pierpont Morgan LibraryNational Historic Landmark · listed 1966 · 0.1 miles away
Tiffany and Company BuildingNational Historic Landmark · listed 1978 · 0.3 miles away
Chrysler BuildingNational Historic Landmark · listed 1976 · 0.3 miles away
Daily News BuildingNational Historic Landmark · listed 1982 · 0.3 miles away
Grand Central TerminalNational Historic Landmark · listed 1975 · 0.3 miles away
Empire State BuildingNational Historic Landmark · listed 1982 · 0.4 miles away
New York Public LibraryNational Historic Landmark · listed 1966 · 0.4 miles away
New York Life BuildingNational Historic Landmark · listed 1978 · 0.5 miles away
New York Yacht ClubNational Historic Landmark · listed 1982 · 0.5 miles away
69th Regiment ArmoryNational Historic Landmark · listed 1994 · 0.6 miles away
Macy, R. H., and Company StoreNational Historic Landmark · listed 1978 · 0.6 miles away
Town HallNational Historic Landmark · listed 1980 · 0.6 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
16 surveys from 37 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.
- 1889 USGS Brooklyn quadrangle1:62500
- 1891 USGS Brooklyn quadrangle1:62500
- 1897 USGS Brooklyn quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1898 USGS Brooklyn quadrangle1:62500
- 1900 USGS Brooklyn quadrangle1:62500, 11 printings
- 1947 USGS Brooklyn quadrangle1:24000
- 1949 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Brooklyn 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
- 1967 USGS Brooklyn quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1969 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Long Island West quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1995 USGS Brooklyn quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
1,422 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1,422 fires within 5 miles of Murray Hill between 1995 and 2020, burning about 425 acres in total. 93 started naturally. 93 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 | 928 |
| Smoking | 97 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 93 |
| Natural | 93 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 67 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 50 |
| Debris and open burning | 47 |
| Fireworks | 23 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 11 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 5 |
| Other causes | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 9 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 9 September 2010 | 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 |
| 8 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 8 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 8 September 2011 | 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
10 of 13 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Murray Hill: 8 occurrences, 4 past producers, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Iron, Manganese, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 102nd St & 4th Ave Garnet Deposit | Garnet, Gemstone | Occurrence | ||
| 49th St & 1st Ave Beryl Deposit | Beryllium | Occurrence | ||
| 64th St & 10th Ave Stilbite Deposit | Zeolites | Occurrence | ||
| 69th/70th Sts & 2nd Ave Deposit | Iron, Garnet, Titanium | Occurrence | ||
| General Metallic Oxides/Jersey City | Manganese | Unknown | ||
| Manhattan Island Occurrence | Molybdenum | Occurrence | ||
| 2nd St & 4th Ave Siderite Deposit | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| 55th/56th Sts & 3rd Ave Deposit | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| 85th/86th Sts, 9th/10th Aves Dep. | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Granton Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | 1897 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tudor City | 0.4 miles | 37 | |
| Rose Hill | 0.5 miles | 37 | |
| Kips Bay | 0.6 miles | 37 | |
| Grammercy Park | 0.8 miles | 37 | |
| Gashouse District | 0.9 miles | 37 | |
| Flatiron District | 0.9 miles | 37 | |
| Peter Cooper Village | 0.9 miles | 37 | |
| Penn Station South | 1.1 miles | 37 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2062670. 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.















