Boston-Secor Houses

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 2,162 fires within 5 miles of Boston-Secor Houses between 2000 and 2020, burning about 696 acres in total. 132 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.

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 3 workings within 5 miles of Boston-Secor Houses: 1 occurrence, 1 past producer, 1 plant. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Kyanite, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Copper, Gold, Nickel, Silver, Tellurium, Selenium. 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 middle of the area the National Park Service maps for this listing, 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 Mt Vernon quadrangle1:24000
• 1949 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000
• 1954 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
• 1956 USGS Mount Vernon 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 Mount Vernon quadrangle1:24000 - 4 printings
• 1969 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000
• 1984 USGS Long Island West quadrangle1:100000 - 2 printings
• 1995 USGS Mount Vernon 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
	Public School 15	0.6 miles	1981
	Edenwald Houses	0.6 miles	2024
	Eastchester Houses	1.3 miles	2025
	Lisanti Chapel	1.5 miles	2002
	Bartow-Pell Mansion and Carriage House	1.7 miles	1974
	Admiral David Glasgow Farragut Gravesite	1.8 miles	2012