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South Beach, New York

43 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the borough of Staten Island. It lies in ZIP code area 10305. It lies near Hoffman Island. The Survey maps it on The Narrows quadrangle.

South Beach within Richmond County

Then and now

1898 to 1998

The same ground, surveyed 100 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of South Beach, surveyed 1998
Topographic sheet of South Beach, surveyed 1898

Compare 1898 against another survey:

On record in South Beach

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

17 surveys from 43 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

2,138 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2,138 fires within 5 miles of South Beach between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,946 acres in total. 192 started naturally. 137 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/undetermined1528
Natural192
Arson/incendiarism137
Smoking99
Debris and open burning53
Equipment and vehicle use53
Fireworks33
Recreation and ceremony19
Misuse of fire by a minor14
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Other causes2
Railroad operations and maintenance2

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 2017Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
9 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
9 September 2010Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 September 2010Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Richmond County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of South Beach: 4 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron. 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
Cooper & Hewitt MineIronPast Producer
New Dorp MineIronPast Producer
Tyson MineIronPast Producer
Tyson's Mine & 2 Additional MinesIronPast ProducerResidual

Every working recorded in Richmond County

Storms near this place

8 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names South Beach in 8 storm reports between 1999 and 2025: 5 flash flood, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 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 2025Thunderstorm WindSouth Beach$3,000Large tree down on power lines on Henry Place at Burgher Avenue.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindSouth Beach$1,000Tree down blocking road at Kensington Avenue.
August 2021Flash FloodSouth Beach-St. Johns Avenue in Grasmere was flooded with water up to the hood of a car.
June 2014Flash FloodSouth Beach-The ramp from Lily Pond Ave. to the lower level of the Brooklyn Bound Verrazano Bridge was closed due to flooding.
May 2013Flash FloodSouth Beach-The westbound Staten Island Expressway was closed at Renwick Ave. due to flooding.
June 2012Flash FloodSouth Beach-The intersection of Hylan Blvd. and Reid Ave. in Bay Terrace was closed due to flooding. Slosson Ave. at Todt Hill Rd. in Castleton Corners was also closed due to flooding.
August 2011FloodSouth Beach-The Staten Island Expressway was closed at Fingerboard Rd. due to flooding.
January 1999Flash FloodSouth Beach-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Richmond 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
Arrochar0.6 miles43
Old Town Station1.1 miles43
Linden-Park1.3 miles43
Fort Wadsworth1.3 miles43
Grasmere1.4 miles43
Concord1.5 miles43
Dongan Hills1.6 miles43
Rosebank1.6 miles43

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 965682. 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.