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Westchester, New York

43 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the borough of the Bronx. It lies in ZIP code area 10462. The Survey maps it on the Flushing quadrangle.

Westchester within Bronx County

Then and now

1891 to 1995

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.

Topographic sheet of Westchester, surveyed 1995
Topographic sheet of Westchester, surveyed 1891

On record in Westchester

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.

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 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

2,771 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2,771 fires within 5 miles of Westchester between 2002 and 2020, burning about 768 acres in total. 162 started naturally. 145 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/undetermined1964
Smoking169
Recreation and ceremony162
Natural162
Arson/incendiarism145
Debris and open burning65
Equipment and vehicle use64
Misuse of fire by a minor22
Power generation/transmission/distribution10
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Other causes4

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 2016Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
9 September 2016Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
9 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
9 September 2015Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
9 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 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 Bronx County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Westchester: 5 occurrences, 2 past producers, 1 plant. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Titanium, Garnet, Zirconium, Beryllium. 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) Laurel Hill RefineryCopper, Gold, Nickel, Silver, Tellurium, Selenium, Palladium, PlatinumPlant
155th St & 10th Ave Garnet DepositGarnet, ZirconiumOccurrence
159th St & 11th Ave Beryl DepositBerylliumOccurrence
176/178 Sts & 11th Ave DepositTitanium, Garnet, GemstoneOccurrence
200th St & 10th Ave Kyanite DepositKyaniteOccurrence
National Gypsum/ Bronx MillGypsum-AnhydritePast Producer
Star Sand and Gravel Inc. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
180th St & 10th Ave Rutile DepositTitaniumOccurrence

Every working recorded in Bronx County

Storms near this place

6 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Westchester in 6 storm reports between 2008 and 2022: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 hail. 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
August 2009Thunderstorm WindWestchester$200,000Around 100 trees were reported down in the Bronx by the New York City Office of Emergency Management. Several of these trees fell on automobiles.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindWestchester$10,000Dozens of trees were reported down across central Sections of the Bronx, especially between the East Tremont and Parkchester.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindWestchester$1,000Tree down in the parking lot at the Bronx Zoo in NY.
July 2022HailWestchester-Broadcast media report of 1 inch hail.
September 2021Flash FloodWestchester-All lanes were closed due to flooding on the Bronx River Parkway northbound at East 172nd Street in Parkchester.
July 2015Flash FloodWestchester-Water flooded the lower level of a business at Garrison Avenue and Whittier Street in Hunts Point.

Every storm recorded in Bronx 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
Morris Park0.4 miles43
Van Nest0.5 miles43
Bronx0.6 miles43
Parkchester0.6 miles43
Bronxdale0.6 miles43
Pelham Bay1.2 miles43
Baychester1.2 miles43
West Farms1.3 miles42

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 970901. 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.