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Seaside, New York

33 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the borough of Queens. It lies in ZIP code area 11694. It lies near The Raunt. The Survey maps it on the Far Rockaway quadrangle.

Seaside within Queens County

Then and now

1889 to 1984

The same ground, surveyed 95 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Seaside, surveyed 1984
Topographic sheet of Seaside, surveyed 1889

On record in Seaside

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 1 record

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 33 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

1,034 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1,034 fires within 5 miles of Seaside between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,313 acres in total. 44 started naturally. 59 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/undetermined787
Arson/incendiarism59
Natural44
Smoking34
Misuse of fire by a minor27
Recreation and ceremony25
Equipment and vehicle use25
Debris and open burning22
Fireworks5
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Other causes1
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 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresGateway National Recreation AreaFOUNTAIN1
9 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresGateway National Recreation AreaCREEK19
9 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresGateway National Recreation AreaPLUMB2
8 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.9 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.9 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.9 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGateway National Recreation AreaDEADHORSES

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire 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
Rockaway Park0.5 miles33
Holland0.6 miles33
Hammel1.0 miles33
Belle Harbor1.2 miles33
Broad Channel1.4 miles33
Arverne1.8 miles33
Somerville1.8 miles33
Neponsit1.9 miles33

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 964751. 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.