Walden Terrace, New York
35 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the borough of Queens. It lies in ZIP code area 11374. The Survey maps it on the Jamaica quadrangle.
Then and now
1889 to 1994The same ground, surveyed 105 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1889 against another survey:
On record in Walden Terrace
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 4 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Rego Park Jewish Centerlisted 2009 · 0.1 miles away
Congregation Tifereth Israellisted 2002 · 0.8 miles away
US Post Office-Forest Hills Stationlisted 1988 · 0.8 miles away
1964-1965 New York World's Fair Carousellisted 2016 · 1.0 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
17 surveys from 35 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.
- 1889 USGS Brooklyn quadrangle1:62500
- 1891 USGS Brooklyn quadrangle1:62500
- 1897 USGS Brooklyn quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1898 USGS Brooklyn quadrangle1:62500
- 1900 USGS Brooklyn quadrangle1:62500, 11 printings
- 1947 USGS Jamaica quadrangle1:24000
- 1949 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Jamaica quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1966 USGS Jamaica quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1969 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Jamaica quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Long Island West quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Jamaica quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
2,472 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2,472 fires within 5 miles of Walden Terrace between 2002 and 2020, burning about 579 acres in total. 153 started naturally. 114 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 | 1763 |
| Smoking | 156 |
| Natural | 153 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 114 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 91 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 81 |
| Debris and open burning | 66 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 34 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 10 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
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 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 9 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 9 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 9 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 9 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 9 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 9 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 9 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rego Park | 0.4 miles | 35 | |
| Lefrak City | 0.5 miles | 35 | |
| Forest Hills | 1.1 miles | 35 | |
| Corona | 1.1 miles | 35 | |
| Elmhurst | 1.1 miles | 37 | |
| Parkside | 1.4 miles | 35 | |
| Forest Hills Gardens | 1.4 miles | 35 | |
| Middle Village | 1.6 miles | 37 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q122565277 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2079367. 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.
















