Jackson Heights Historic District

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 2,331 fires within 5 miles of Jackson Heights Historic District between 2002 and 2020, burning about 559 acres in total. 152 started naturally. 117 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 Queens County

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Jackson Heights Historic District: 6 occurrences, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Garnet, Gemstone, Molybdenum. 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 Queens County

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.

Every storm recorded in Queens 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 Central Park quadrangle1:24000
• 1949 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000
• 1954 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
• 1956 USGS Central Park 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 Central Park quadrangle1:24000 - 4 printings
• 1969 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000
• 1984 USGS Long Island West quadrangle1:100000 - 2 printings
• 1995 USGS Central Park 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
	US Post Office-Jackson Heights Station	0.2 miles	1988
	Elmhurst Avenue Subway Station (IND)	0.7 miles	2005
	Reformed Church of Newtown Complex	1.0 miles	1980
	St. James Church	1.0 miles	1999
	Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, Lodge Number 878	1.1 miles	2014
	First Presbyterian Church of Newtown	1.1 miles	2013