Fort Independence Historic District

The ground this property stands on, surveyed 107 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

1891 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2,564 fires within 5 miles of Fort Independence Historic District between 2000 and 2020, burning about 839 acres in total. 151 started naturally. 142 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 7 workings within 5 miles of Fort Independence Historic District: 5 occurrences, 1 past producer, 1 plant. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Titanium, Garnet, Zirconium, Beryllium. 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

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 Yonkers quadrangle1:24000 - 2 printings
• 1949 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000
• 1954 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
• 1956 USGS Yonkers 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 Yonkers quadrangle1:24000 - 3 printings
• 1969 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000
• 1984 USGS Long Island West quadrangle1:100000 - 2 printings
• 1998 USGS Yonkers 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
	Jerome Park Reservoir	0.4 miles	2000
	242nd Street-Van Cortlandt Park Station (IRT)	0.5 miles	2005
	Concourse Yard Entry Buildings	0.6 miles	2006
	High Pumping Station	0.6 miles	1983
	Concourse Yard Substation	0.6 miles	2006
	St. Stephen's Methodist Church	0.7 miles	2012