Bayberry Dunes, New York

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1947 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Brookhaven town. It lies in ZIP code area 11772. The Survey maps it on the Howells Point quadrangle.

Bayberry Dunes within Suffolk County

Then and now

1947 to 1984

The same ground, surveyed 37 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Bayberry Dunes, surveyed 1984

Topographic sheet of Bayberry Dunes, surveyed 1947

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 19 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.

1947 USGS Howells Point quadrangle1:24000
1949 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000
1954 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1956 USGS Howells Point 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
1967 USGS Howells Point quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1969 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000
1984 USGS Long Island East quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings

Fires near this place

122 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 122 fires within 5 miles of Bayberry Dunes between 1993 and 2020, burning about 70 acres in total. None started naturally. 12 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/undetermined	104
Arson/incendiarism	12
Debris and open burning	2
Power generation/transmission/distribution	2
Misuse of fire by a minor	1
Smoking	1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
9 September 2010	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
6 September 2005	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
19 September 2010	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
1 September 2007	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
1 September 2007	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
9 August 2015	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.4 acres	Fire Department of New York	N/A
7 August 2010	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
6 August 2005	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Davis Park	0.9 miles	29
Water Island	2.3 miles	29
Blue Point	4.4 miles	29
Fire Island Pines	4.5 miles	29
Bayport	4.7 miles	29
East Patchogue	5.3 miles	20
Bellport	5.3 miles	20
Patchogue	5.4 miles	33

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 943202. 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.