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Park Hill, New York

42 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1998. It stands in Yonkers City. It lies in ZIP code area 10705. It lies near Nodine Hill. The Survey maps it on the Yonkers quadrangle.

Park Hill within Westchester County

Then and now

1891 to 1998

The same ground, surveyed 107 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Park Hill, surveyed 1998
Topographic sheet of Park Hill, surveyed 1891

Compare 1891 against another survey:

On record in Park 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 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 surveys from 42 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

1,508 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1,508 fires within 5 miles of Park Hill between 2000 and 2020, burning about 686 acres in total. 85 started naturally. 100 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/undetermined1050
Recreation and ceremony104
Arson/incendiarism100
Smoking87
Natural85
Equipment and vehicle use33
Debris and open burning27
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Other causes7
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Railroad operations and maintenance3

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 2015Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
9 September 2015Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
9 September 2010Missing 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 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 September 2007Missing 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

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Westchester County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Park Hill: 4 past producers, 1 occurrence, 1 plant. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Kyanite, Sand and Gravel, Construction, REE. 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
(Facility) Laurel Hill RefineryCopper, Gold, Nickel, Silver, Tellurium, Selenium, Palladium, PlatinumPlant
200th St & 10th Ave Kyanite DepositKyaniteOccurrence
Bergenfield PlantREEPast Producer
Star Sand and Gravel Inc. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Hickory Lane QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer1890
Taverniere & JohnsonStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer1897, 1908

Every working recorded in Westchester 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
Lowerre0.6 miles42
Ludlow0.7 miles42
Yonkers0.7 miles42
Dunwoodie Heights1.2 miles42
Lincoln1.2 miles42
Dunwoodie1.4 miles42
Empire Park1.7 miles42
Glenwood1.8 miles42

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 959878. 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.