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Rochelle Park, New York

42 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1995. It stands in New Rochelle City. It lies in ZIP code area 10801. It stands on Ferris Creek. The Survey maps it on the Mount Vernon quadrangle.

Rochelle Park within Westchester County

Then and now

1891 to 1995

The same ground, surveyed 104 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Rochelle Park, surveyed 1995
Topographic sheet of Rochelle Park, surveyed 1891

Compare 1891 against another survey:

On record in Rochelle Park

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 7 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

859 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 859 fires within 5 miles of Rochelle Park between 2000 and 2020, burning about 396 acres in total. 61 started naturally. 64 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/undetermined561
Smoking87
Arson/incendiarism64
Natural61
Recreation and ceremony37
Equipment and vehicle use25
Debris and open burning16
Other causes3
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2

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 2016Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
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 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2010Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire 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
Halcyon Park0.4 miles42
Pine Brook0.5 miles42
New Rochelle0.5 miles42
Huguenot Park0.6 miles42
Rochelle Heights0.6 miles42
Homestead Park0.7 miles42
Beechmont0.9 miles42
Sun Haven0.9 miles42

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 962683. 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.