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Woodside, New York

37 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the borough of Queens. It lies in ZIP code area 11377. It lies near Maspeth Plateau. The Survey maps it on the Brooklyn quadrangle.

Woodside within Queens County

Then and now

1889 to 1995

The same ground, surveyed 106 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Woodside, surveyed 1995
Topographic sheet of Woodside, surveyed 1889

Compare 1889 against another survey:

On record in Woodside

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 37 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

2,358 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2,358 fires within 5 miles of Woodside between 2002 and 2020, burning about 605 acres in total. 149 started naturally. 134 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/undetermined1617
Smoking155
Natural149
Arson/incendiarism134
Misuse of fire by a minor95
Equipment and vehicle use88
Debris and open burning73
Recreation and ceremony33
Power generation/transmission/distribution8
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Fireworks1
Other causes1

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 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
9 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
9 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Queens County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Woodside: 8 occurrences, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Garnet, Gemstone, Molybdenum. 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
102nd St & 4th Ave Garnet DepositGarnet, GemstoneOccurrence
49th St & 1st Ave Beryl DepositBerylliumOccurrence
64th St & 10th Ave Stilbite DepositZeolitesOccurrence
69th/70th Sts & 2nd Ave DepositIron, Garnet, TitaniumOccurrence
Manhattan Island OccurrenceMolybdenumOccurrence
National Gypsum/ Bronx MillGypsum-AnhydritePast Producer
2nd St & 4th Ave Siderite DepositIronOccurrence
55th/56th Sts & 3rd Ave DepositIronOccurrence
85th/86th Sts, 9th/10th Aves Dep.IronOccurrence

Every working recorded in Queens County

Storms near this place

22 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Woodside in 22 storm reports between 2000 and 2021: 10 thunderstorm wind, 9 flash flood, 3 hail. The reports record 3 deaths. 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
September 2021Flash FloodWoodside3 killedA 50 year old man, 48 year old woman, and 2 year old boy died when a basement apartment on 64th Street near Laurel Hill Boulevard in Elmhurst, Queens flooded.
September 2012Thunderstorm WindWoodside$50,000Numerous trees and limbs were reported down throughout the Borough of Queens.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindWoodside$8,000A tree snapped and fell on a car, taking down wires on 31st Drive.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindWoodside$6,000Six trees reported down.
September 2012Thunderstorm WindWoodside$6,000Three large trees were reported down at 35th Street North of Astoria Boulevard.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindWoodside$4,000Large tree down on Steinway Street.
July 2009Thunderstorm WindWoodside$2,000A traffic sign was reported down on the Grand Central Parkway.
November 2019Thunderstorm WindWoodside$1,000Tree blown down near 43rd Street and Astoria Boulevard South. Time estimated by radar.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindWoodside$1,000At 24th Avenue and 23rd Street, a tree down.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindWoodside$1,000A large tree limb down on 24th Avenue between 21st and 23rd streets.
February 2016Thunderstorm WindWoodside$500Large branches were reported down on 37th Street.
April 2021HailWoodside-Hail of 0.75 inches in diameter reported.
June 2021HailWoodside-Ping Pong ball sized hail reported.
July 2019Flash FloodWoodside-Water was flowing onto the tracks at the Court Square subway station in Long Island City, Queens.
April 2018Flash FloodWoodside-The Grand Central Parkway was closed in both directions at 48th Street in Astoria due to flooding.
July 2012Flash FloodWoodside-Heavy rain caused flooding on the Grand Central Pkwy. eastbound at the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway exit.
August 2011Flash FloodWoodside-Multiple vehicles were stranded in flood waters at the intersection of 48th St. and 37th Ave. in Woodside.
September 2008Flash FloodWoodside-In Woodside, 66th Street and 48th Ave. were inundated with water, which flooded some adjoining residential properties.
September 2004Flash FloodWoodside-Major highways and roads closed due to flash flooding.
September 2002Flash FloodWoodside-Spotters reported significant widespread street flooding in Woodside, including a stalled car trapped on a flooded street.
August 2006Flash FloodWoodside-no account filed
May 2000HailWoodside-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Queens 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
Sunnyside Gardens0.7 miles37
Charlotteville (historical)0.7 miles42
Jackson Heights1.3 miles42
Columbusville (historical)1.5 miles37
Maspeth1.6 miles37
Elmhurst1.6 miles37
Sunnyside1.6 miles37
Garden Bay Manor1.8 miles42

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 971717. 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.