Reformed Church of Melrose

The ground this property stands on, 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

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2,609 fires within 5 miles of Reformed Church of Melrose between 2002 and 2020, burning about 709 acres in total. 146 started naturally. 135 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.

Every fire recorded in Bronx County

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Reformed Church of Melrose: 10 occurrences, 5 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Garnet, Iron, Titanium. 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 Bronx County

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bronx, the town this property stands in, in 31 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 14 thunderstorm wind, 10 flash flood, 4 hail, 2 lightning. The reports record 1 death and 4 injuries. 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.

Every storm recorded in Bronx County

United States Geological Survey topographic sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the coordinate the National Park Service records for this property, then testing that coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet.

• 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

Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.

Photograph	Property	Distance	Listed
	Casita Rincón Criollo	under 500 feet	2024
	Bronx Borough Courthouse	0.3 miles	1982
	East 152nd Street-Courtlandt Avenue Houses	0.3 miles	2026
	Dollar Savings Bank	0.3 miles	2011
	Jackson Avenue Subway Station (IRT)	0.4 miles	2004
	C. Rieger's Sons Factory	0.4 miles	2004