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Tottenville, New York

41 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 10307. It stands on Mill Creek. The Survey maps it on the Arthur Kill quadrangle.

Tottenville within Richmond County

Then and now

1898 to 1986

The 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.

Topographic sheet of Tottenville, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Tottenville, surveyed 1898

On record in Tottenville

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

16 surveys from 41 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

767 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 767 fires within 5 miles of Tottenville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,672 acres in total. 48 started naturally. 118 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/undetermined440
Arson/incendiarism118
Natural48
Misuse of fire by a minor37
Smoking28
Recreation and ceremony26
Equipment and vehicle use22
Railroad operations and maintenance22
Debris and open burning11
Power generation/transmission/distribution8
Other causes3
Fireworks3
Firearms and explosives use1

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
8 September 2010Recreation and ceremony3.9 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
7 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2009Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
5 September 2010Missing 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

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Tottenville: 3 producers, 3 plants, 1 past producer. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Sulfur, Copper. 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
(Facility) Asarco Refinery/ Perth Amboy, N.J.Copper, SilverPlant
(Facility) Chevron Refinery/ Perth Amboy, N.J.SulfurPlant
Engelhard Minerals & Chem/ CarteretPlatinumPlant
Crossman CoSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Crossman Co. Clay MineClayProducer
Mainstreet Clay MineClayProducer
Sayreville Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Richmond County

Storms near this place

5 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tottenville in 5 storm reports between 2006 and 2014: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 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 2014Thunderstorm WindTottenville$2,000Several downed trees were noted across the town.
June 2006Thunderstorm WindTottenville-Trees and power lines downed.
June 2006HailTottenville-Penny to nickel size hail was observed.
November 2006Flash FloodTottenville-Heavy rain flooded multiple basements and closed numerous streets. Staten Island Railroad service was suspended as well due to flash flooding across tracks.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindTottenville-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
Richmond Valley1.2 miles41
Charleston1.9 miles41
Pleasant Plains2.0 miles41
Princes Bay3.0 miles41
Huguenot3.4 miles41
Woodrow3.5 miles41
Rossville3.6 miles41
Seaside4.1 miles41

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 979681. 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.