Washington Heights, New York

The same ground, surveyed 104 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

1891 1995

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 12 of 15 shown

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

• 181st Street Subway Station (IRT)listed 2005 · 0.1 miles away
• New York Public Library, Fort Washington Branchlisted 2020 · 0.2 miles away
• 181st Street Subway Station (IND)listed 2005 · 0.2 miles away
• Fort Washington Presbyterian Churchlisted 2010 · 0.2 miles away
• Hudson View Gardenslisted 2016 · 0.3 miles away
• High Bridge Aqueduct and Water Towerlisted 1972 · 0.6 miles away
• 190th Street Subway Station (IND)listed 2005 · 0.6 miles away
• Jeffrey's Hook Lighthouselisted 1979 · 0.6 miles away
• 168th Street Subway Station (IRT)listed 2005 · 0.7 miles away
• Substation 17listed 2006 · 0.8 miles away
• Fort Tryon Park and the Cloisterslisted 1978 · 0.8 miles away
• Dyckman Street Subway Station (IRT)listed 2004 · 0.9 miles away

Every listing in New York County

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.

• 1891 USGS Harlem quadrangle1:62500
• 1897 USGS Harlem quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
• 1898 USGS Harlem quadrangle1:62500
• 1900 USGS Harlem quadrangle1:62500, 16 printings
• 1947 USGS Central Park quadrangle1:24000
• 1949 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000
• 1954 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
• 1956 USGS Central Park quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
• 1957 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000
• 1958 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
• 1960 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
• 1966 USGS Central Park quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
• 1969 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000
• 1984 USGS Long Island West quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
• 1995 USGS Central Park quadrangle1:24000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2,220 fires within 5 miles of Washington Heights between 2000 and 2020, burning about 664 acres in total. 116 started naturally. 121 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.

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

• Carmansville (historical)
• Delano Village
• East Harlem
• Esplanade Gardens
• Hamilton Heights
• Harlem

Every fire recorded in New York County

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Washington Heights: 8 occurrences, 4 past producers, 1 plant. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Garnet, Palladium, Platinum, Titanium, Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Every working recorded in New York County

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 968846. 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.