Saint George, New York
40 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 10301. The Survey maps it on the Jersey City quadrangle.
Then and now
1898 to 1986The 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.


On record in Saint George
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 11 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Brighton Heights Reformed Churchlisted 1982 · 0.2 miles away
Staten Island Borough Hall and Richmond County Courthouselisted 1983 · 0.2 miles away
Office Building and U.S. Light-House Depot Complexlisted 1983 · 0.4 miles away
Hamilton Park Community Houseslisted 1983 · 0.6 miles away
Building at One Pendleton Placelisted 2014 · 0.7 miles away
Christ Church New Brighton (Episcopal)listed 2004 · 0.7 miles away
Caleb T. Ward Mansionlisted 1982 · 0.7 miles away
St. Paul's Memorial Church and Rectorylisted 1980 · 0.9 miles away
Neville Houselisted 1977 · 1.0 miles away- New Brighton Village Halllisted 1978 · 0.8 miles away
- Unitarian Church of the Redeemerlisted 2026 · 1.0 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
16 surveys from 40 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1898 USGS Staten Island quadrangle1:62500
- 1900 USGS Passaic quadrangle1:125000
- 1900 USGS Staten Island quadrangle1:62500, 10 printings
- 1905 USGS Passaic quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1942 USGS Passaic quadrangle1:125000
- 1944 USGS Newark quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1947 USGS Jersey City quadrangle1:24000
- 1949 USGS Newark quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Jersey City quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Newark quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Newark quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Newark quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1964 USGS Newark quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1967 USGS Jersey City quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Newark quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Newark quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
1,422 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1,422 fires within 5 miles of Saint George between 1992 and 2020, burning about 684 acres in total. 135 started naturally. 88 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/undetermined | 972 |
| Natural | 135 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 88 |
| Smoking | 74 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 49 |
| Debris and open burning | 44 |
| Fireworks | 34 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Other causes | 2 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 8 September 2014 | Smoking | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 8 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 September 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 6 September 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 6 September 2009 | Smoking | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Saint George: 4 past producers, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Graphite. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dixon Crucible/ Jersey City, N.J. | Graphite | Unknown | ||
| Cooper & Hewitt Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| New Dorp Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Tyson Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Tyson's Mine & 2 Additional Mines | Iron | Past Producer | Residual |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hamilton Park | 0.6 miles | 40 | |
| Tompkinsville | 0.6 miles | 40 | |
| New Brighton | 0.7 miles | 40 | |
| Stapleton | 1.3 miles | 40 | |
| Clifton | 1.7 miles | 43 | |
| West New Brighton | 1.8 miles | 40 | |
| Grymes Hill | 1.9 miles | 43 | |
| Edwin Markham Gardens | 2.0 miles | 40 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 963518. 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.















