Westbury, New York
35 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 1984. It stands in North Hempstead town. It lies in ZIP code area 11590. The Survey maps it on the Hicksville quadrangle.
Then and now
1897 to 1984The same ground, surveyed 87 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


On record in Westbury
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 1 record
Old Westbury Gardenslisted 1976
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 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.
- 1897 USGS Oyster Bay quadrangle1:62500
- 1898 USGS Oyster Bay quadrangle1:62500
- 1900 USGS Oyster Bay quadrangle1:62500, 15 printings
- 1947 USGS Hicksville quadrangle1:24000
- 1949 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Hicksville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1967 USGS Hicksville quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1969 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Long Island West quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
1,260 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1,260 fires within 5 miles of Westbury between 1993 and 2020, burning about 542 acres in total. 62 started naturally. 136 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 | 777 |
| Smoking | 147 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 136 |
| Natural | 62 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 54 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 34 |
| Debris and open burning | 23 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 19 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
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 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 9 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 9 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 8 September 2015 | Smoking | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 8 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 8 September 2005 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 7 September 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Westbury in 2 storm reports between 1995 and 2005: 1 thunderstorm wind, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2005 | Flash Flood | Westbury | - | Torrential rains caused flash flooding of Streets. |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Westbury | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Cassel | 1.0 miles | 35 | |
| Carle Place | 1.2 miles | 35 | |
| Westbury South | 1.4 miles | 35 | |
| Salisbury | 1.6 miles | 29 | |
| East Garden City | 1.8 miles | 29 | |
| Old Westbury | 2.4 miles | 35 | |
| East Williston | 2.5 miles | 34 | |
| Mineola | 2.8 miles | 29 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 970896. 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.
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.












