Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2019. 17 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1889.
“Richmond Hill Historic District is a national historic district in Richmond Hill, Queens, New York. It is bounded to the north by Park Lane South, to the east by 118th Street, to the south by Myrtle Avenue.”
Wikipedia article Richmond Hill Historic District, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 108 National Register listings published here for Queens County · listed in 2019 · category: District.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the National Register database, National Park Service
The ground this property stands on, surveyed 105 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2,969 fires within 5 miles of Richmond Hill Historic District between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,382 acres in total. 167 started naturally. 144 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 | 2199 |
| Natural | 167 |
| Smoking | 148 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 144 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 100 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 81 |
| Debris and open burning | 74 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 40 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 12 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
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 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 9 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 9 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 9 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 9 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 9 September 2005 | Smoking | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 9 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 9 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Gateway National Recreation Area | FOUNTAIN1 |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Queens, the town this property stands in, in 1 storm report in 1997: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Queens | - | no account filed |
United States Geological Survey topographic sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the middle of the area the National Park Service maps for this listing, then testing that coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Ralph Bunche House | 0.3 miles | 1976 |
| Kent Manor | 0.4 miles | 2022 | |
 | Public School 66 | 0.6 miles | 2003 |
| Wyckoff-Snediker Family Cemetery | 0.8 miles | 2001 | |
 | St. Matthew's Episcopal Church | 0.8 miles | 2001 |
 | Maple Grove Cemetery | 0.8 miles | 2004 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 100003430 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Queens County | All 108 listed properties in this county. |
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