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Sylvan Grove Cemetery

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2015. 16 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1898.

From the record

One of 63 National Register listings published here for Richmond County · listed in 2015 · category: Site.

Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 site as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. Victory Blvd. at Glen St., Staten Island, 10314
  • When was it listed? August 2015
  • Category. site
  • Borough. Staten Island
  • National Register reference number. 15000540 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.

Then and now

1898 to 1986

The ground this property stands on, surveyed 88 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet covering Sylvan Grove Cemetery, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet covering Sylvan Grove Cemetery, surveyed 1898

Fires near this property

1,802 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1,802 fires within 5 miles of Sylvan Grove Cemetery between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,642 acres in total. 163 started naturally. 157 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/undetermined1306
Natural163
Arson/incendiarism157
Smoking66
Equipment and vehicle use41
Debris and open burning25
Recreation and ceremony18
Misuse of fire by a minor13
Power generation/transmission/distribution8
Other causes3
Fireworks2

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 2017Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
9 September 2010Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 September 2010Naturalunder 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 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
8 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresFire Department of New YorkNA

Every fire recorded in Richmond County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Sylvan Grove Cemetery: 5 past producers, 3 unknowns, 1 plant, 1 producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Iodine, Platinum, Kaolin. 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
Engelhard Minerals & Chem/ CarteretPlatinumPlant
Georgia Kaolin/ Elizabeth, N.J.KaolinUnknown
LindenIodineProducer
Rahway PlantIodineUnknown
Cooper & Hewitt MineIronPast Producer
Iron Oxide Crppigments/ElizabethIronPast Producer
New Dorp MineIronPast Producer
Seneca Coal/ Elizabeth, N.J.IronUnknown
Tyson MineIronPast Producer
Tyson's Mine & 2 Additional MinesIronPast ProducerResidual

Every working recorded in Richmond County

Maps showing this location

16 surveys

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.

Listed places nearby

6 within 8 miles

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 PropertyDistance Listed
LaTourette House2.6 miles1982
Church of St. Andrew (Episcopal)2.7 miles2000
Voorlezer's House2.7 miles1966
Richmond Town Historic District2.8 miles2025
New Dorp Light2.9 miles1973
Staten Island Light2.9 miles2005

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 15000540 in Record Group 79.
Richmond CountyAll 63 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

  • Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
  • Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
  • How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
  • 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.