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Somerville, 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 11692. It lies near Winhole Hassock. The Survey maps it on the Far Rockaway quadrangle.

Somerville 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 Somerville, surveyed 1984
Topographic sheet of Somerville, surveyed 1889

On record in Somerville

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 2 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 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

891 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 891 fires within 5 miles of Somerville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 969 acres in total. 39 started naturally. 48 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/undetermined685
Arson/incendiarism48
Natural39
Smoking30
Misuse of fire by a minor23
Recreation and ceremony20
Equipment and vehicle use20
Debris and open burning19
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Fireworks2
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
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
8 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.9 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2016Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
6 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA

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
Arverne0.3 miles33
Hammel0.9 miles33
Holland1.2 miles33
Broad Channel1.3 miles33
Edgemere1.6 miles33
Wave Crest1.8 miles33
Seaside1.8 miles33
Bayswater1.9 miles33

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2080545. 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.