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Pleasant Plains, New York

41 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the borough of Staten Island. It lies in ZIP code area 10309. It stands on Lemon Creek. The Survey maps it on the Arthur Kill quadrangle.

Pleasant Plains within Richmond County

Then and now

1898 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 88 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Pleasant Plains, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Pleasant Plains, surveyed 1898

On record in Pleasant Plains

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

16 surveys from 41 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

1,078 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1,078 fires within 5 miles of Pleasant Plains between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,012 acres in total. 80 started naturally. 117 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/undetermined767
Arson/incendiarism117
Natural80
Smoking29
Equipment and vehicle use24
Recreation and ceremony22
Debris and open burning15
Misuse of fire by a minor13
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Other causes1
Fireworks1

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 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
8 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresFire Department of New YorkNA
8 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined145 acresGateway National Recreation AreaGREAT KILLS BLOWUP
8 September 2010Recreation and ceremony3.9 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
8 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.9 acresFire 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

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Pleasant Plains: 3 plants, 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Sulfur, Copper, Silver. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Every working recorded in Richmond County

Storms near this place

4 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pleasant Plains in 4 storm reports between 2008 and 2021: 2 flash flood, 1 flood, 1 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
September 2010Thunderstorm WindPleasant Plains$5,000Trees were reported down near the intersection of Bethel Avenue and Amboy Road.
September 2021Flash FloodPleasant Plains-North Bridge Street (approach to the Outerbridge Crossing) in Tottenville was closed due to flooding.
October 2009FloodPleasant Plains-Several motorists were stranded in high water (approximately 2 ft. deep) on Page Ave. near Amboy Rd.
July 2008Flash FloodPleasant Plains-Deep standing water (estimated to be at least 6 inches) accumulated on Hylan Blvd. near Mount Loretto.

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
Richmond Valley0.8 miles41
Princes Bay1.0 miles41
Charleston1.4 miles41
Huguenot1.4 miles41
Woodrow1.6 miles41
Tottenville2.0 miles41
Seaside2.1 miles41
Rossville2.2 miles41

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 960716. 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.