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Apaquogue, 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 11937. The Survey maps it on the East Hampton quadrangle.

Apaquogue 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 Apaquogue, surveyed 1984
Topographic sheet of Apaquogue, surveyed 1904

On record in Apaquogue

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 within a mile 3 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

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

94 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 94 fires within 5 miles of Apaquogue between 2000 and 2019, burning about 36 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 2 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/undetermined66
Equipment and vehicle use6
Debris and open burning5
Natural5
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Arson/incendiarism2
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Smoking2

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 2010Missing 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
1 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
6 August 2016Equipment and vehicle useunder 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

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Apaquogue: 2 past producers, 2 producers. 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
Digate Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working 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
Divinity Hill0.3 miles25
Georgica0.4 miles25
Jericho0.9 miles25
Midhampton1.6 miles25
Wainscott1.7 miles25
East Hampton2.0 miles25
Hardscrabble2.0 miles25
Freetown2.8 miles25

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q122588872The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 942518. 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.