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Richmond Valley, 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 Mill Creek. The Survey maps it on the Arthur Kill quadrangle.

Richmond Valley 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 Richmond Valley, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Richmond Valley, surveyed 1898

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

835 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 835 fires within 5 miles of Richmond Valley between 1992 and 2020, burning about 362 acres in total. 58 started naturally. 106 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/undetermined550
Arson/incendiarism106
Natural58
Smoking27
Equipment and vehicle use23
Recreation and ceremony22
Misuse of fire by a minor15
Debris and open burning12
Power generation/transmission/distribution9
Railroad operations and maintenance9
Fireworks4

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
8 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresFire Department of New YorkNA
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
7 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2009Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 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 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 Richmond Valley: 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

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
Pleasant Plains0.8 miles41
Tottenville1.2 miles41
Charleston1.2 miles41
Princes Bay1.8 miles41
Huguenot2.2 miles41
Woodrow2.3 miles41
Rossville2.6 miles41
Seaside2.9 miles41

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 962482. 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.