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Rosedale, New York

29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the borough of Queens. It lies in ZIP code area 11422. The Survey maps it on the Lynbrook quadrangle.

Rosedale within Queens County

Then and now

1897 to 1984

The same ground, surveyed 87 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Rosedale, surveyed 1984
Topographic sheet of Rosedale, surveyed 1897

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 29 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

1,215 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1,215 fires within 5 miles of Rosedale between 1995 and 2020, burning about 364 acres in total. 55 started naturally. 128 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/undetermined781
Arson/incendiarism128
Smoking72
Power generation/transmission/distribution55
Natural55
Misuse of fire by a minor39
Equipment and vehicle use36
Debris and open burning27
Recreation and ceremony21
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2010Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.9 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2003Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Queens County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Rosedale: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Bay Shore PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Queens County

Storms near this place

11 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rosedale in 11 storm reports between 2008 and 2020: 5 flash flood, 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood, 1 lightning. 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
July 2016LightningRosedale$20,000Lightning struck a chimney of a building at the intersection of 146th Avenue and 230th Street, just west of Rosedale, causing structural damage.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindRosedale$5,000Trees and power wires were reported down on 147th Avenue between 232nd and 235th Streets.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindRosedale$5,000Trees were reported down across the railroad tracks at the Rosedale Long Island Railroad Station.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindRosedale$5,000Trees were reported down across the railroad tracks at the Laurelton Long Island Railroad Station.
August 2012Thunderstorm WindRosedale$1,000Multiple power lines were downed across Rosedale, which led to numerous power outages.
July 2020Flash FloodRosedale-Hook Creek Boulevard was closed due to flooding between 148th Road and 145th Avenue in Rosedale, Queens.
July 2019Flash FloodRosedale-All eastbound lanes of the Belt Parkway were closed due to flooding between Merrick Boulevard and the Cross Island Parkway in Laurelton, Queens.
August 2011FloodRosedale-The Belt Pkwy. was closed westbound at Francis Lewis Blvd. due to flooding.
August 2011Flash FloodRosedale-Several vehicles were stranded in flood waters at the intersection of 147th Dr. and Hook Creek Blvd. in Rosedale.
August 2010Flash FloodRosedale-Several vehicles became stuck in flood waters with occupants rescued by the local fire department on 147th Ave., 225 St. and 144th Ave. in Brookville.
June 2008Flash FloodRosedale-Occupied vehicles were stuck in rising water at the intersection of Hook Creek Blvd. and 257th St.

Every storm recorded in Queens 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
Laurelton0.9 miles35
Springfield Gardens1.3 miles29
Cambria Heights2.2 miles29
Rochdale Village2.3 miles35
Locust Manor2.8 miles35
Saint Albans2.8 miles35
Cedar Manor3.5 miles35
Bellaire3.7 miles35

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 962917. 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.