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Amagansett, New York

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1984. It stands in East Hampton town. It lies in ZIP code area 11930. The Survey maps it on the East Hampton quadrangle.

Amagansett within Suffolk County

Then and now

1904 to 1984

The same ground, surveyed 80 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Amagansett, surveyed 1984
Topographic sheet of Amagansett, surveyed 1904

On record in Amagansett

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 3 records

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 25 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Fires near this place

135 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 135 fires within 5 miles of Amagansett between 1992 and 2020, burning about 74 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 4 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/undetermined85
Equipment and vehicle use15
Natural10
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Debris and open burning4
Arson/incendiarism4
Smoking4
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Recreation and ceremony3
Misuse of fire by a minor2

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
5 September 2015Debris and open burning3.3 acresFire Department of New YorkNA
22 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
20 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
2 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
16 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
11 September 2017Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
11 September 2017Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
1 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Suffolk County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Amagansett: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Bistrain Gravel Corporation MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Bistrian Gravel Corp Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Digate Concrete ProductsSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Suffolk County

Storms near this place

5 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Amagansett in 5 storm reports between 2000 and 2023: 2 flash flood, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2016LightningAmagansett$25,000A house on the corner of Montauk Highway and Atlantic Avenue was struck by lightning, resulting in a fire. This was east of Amagansett.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindAmagansett$5,000Multiple trees down around town in Amagansett NY.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindAmagansett-At least one large tree downed in Amagansett.
October 2006Flash FloodAmagansett-Heavy rain produced flash flooding along Sunrise Highway in Amagansett.
August 2000Flash FloodAmagansett-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Suffolk County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Pantigo1.2 miles25
West Amagansett1.4 miles25
Barnes Hole1.9 miles25
Beach Hampton1.9 miles24
Freetown2.1 miles25
Eastside2.1 miles25
East Hampton2.3 miles25
Devon2.3 miles24

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 942409. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.