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One of 156 National Register listings published here for Nassau County · listed in 2020 · category: District.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2020. 15 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1897.
One of 156 National Register listings published here for Nassau County · listed in 2020 · category: District.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 253 fires within 5 miles of Schmidlapp-Humes Estate Historic District between 1994 and 2020, burning about 116 acres in total. 19 started naturally. 25 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 | 113 |
| Smoking | 45 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 25 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 21 |
| Natural | 19 |
| Debris and open burning | 12 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 7 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 September 2002 | Smoking | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 6 September 2016 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2.3 acres | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 4 September 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 4 September 2003 | Smoking | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 30 September 2015 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 30 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Schmidlapp-Humes Estate Historic District: 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Tungsten. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| L I Tungsten Corp/ Glen Cove, N.Y. | Tungsten | Unknown |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Lillian Sefton Dodge Estate | 0.6 miles | 1979 |
| House at 52 Frost Mill Road | 0.9 miles | 2011 | |
| Cock-Cornelius House | 1.0 miles | 2006 | |
![]() | Planting Fields Arboretum | 1.1 miles | 1979 |
| James William Beekman House | 1.2 miles | 1973 | |
![]() | Matinecock Friends Meetinghouse | 1.4 miles | 1976 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 100005469 in Record Group 79. |
| Nassau County | All 156 listed properties in this county. |