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Roslyn, New York

34 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 1984. It stands in North Hempstead town. It lies in ZIP code area 11576. It lies near Harbor Hill. The Survey maps it on the Sea Cliff quadrangle.

Roslyn within Nassau 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 Roslyn, surveyed 1984
Topographic sheet of Roslyn, surveyed 1897

On record in Roslyn

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 12 records

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 34 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

769 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 769 fires within 5 miles of Roslyn between 2000 and 2020, burning about 319 acres in total. 47 started naturally. 49 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/undetermined444
Smoking98
Arson/incendiarism49
Natural47
Power generation/transmission/distribution38
Equipment and vehicle use32
Debris and open burning27
Recreation and ceremony25
Misuse of fire by a minor8
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 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2017Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
8 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2016Recreation and ceremony1.3 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
7 September 2009Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2002Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Nassau 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 Roslyn: 3 past producers, 1 producer, 1 unknown. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Tungsten. 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
L I Tungsten Corp/ Glen Cove, N.Y.TungstenUnknown
Mccormack Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Port Washington PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Port Washington Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Port Washington PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Nassau County

Storms near this place

11 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Roslyn in 11 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 9 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood. 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 2020Thunderstorm WindRoslyn$10,000Numerous trees reported down around town.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindRoslyn$10,000Numerous trees reported down around town.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindRoslyn$7,500A quarter mile stretch of Northern Boulevard (State Route 25A) had multiple trees and large limbs down between West Road and Cedar Swamp Road (State Route 107).
October 2013Thunderstorm WindRoslyn$3,000A one and one half to two foot diameter tree was reported down, blocking the intersection of Glen Cove and Simonson Roads.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindRoslyn$3,000Multiple trees were reported down at Northern Boulevard and Whitney Lane.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindRoslyn$3,000A large tree and wires were downed.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindRoslyn$1,000Downed tree on NY 25A both directions at Chestnut Drive in North Hempstead. All lanes closed.
July 2007Flash FloodRoslyn-Flash flooding caused closure of the Long Island Expressway at Exit 39.
June 2004Flash FloodRoslyn-Several roadways in Roslyn experienced significant street flooding.
October 1995Thunderstorm WindRoslyn-A squall line moving through the area generated thunderstorms strong enough to down numerous trees and power lines. Heavy rains also accompanied these storms.
August 2001Thunderstorm WindRoslyn-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Nassau 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
Roslyn Estates0.6 miles34
Roslyn Heights0.8 miles34
East Hills1.3 miles34
Roslyn Harbor1.4 miles34
Greenvale1.4 miles34
Strathmore1.5 miles34
Munsey Park1.5 miles34
South Glenwood Landing1.6 miles34

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 962929. 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.