Centerville, New York
28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Riverhead town. It lies in ZIP code area 11901. The Survey maps it on the Riverhead quadrangle.
Then and now
1903 to 1984The same ground, surveyed 81 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 28 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1903 USGS Riverhead quadrangle1:62500
- 1904 USGS Riverhead quadrangle1:62500, 9 printings
- 1943 USGS Riverhead quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Riverhead quadrangle1:24000
- 1949 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Riverhead quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1969 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Long Island East quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
397 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 397 fires within 5 miles of Centerville between 1993 and 2020, burning about 5,596 acres in total. 33 started naturally. 68 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 | 229 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 68 |
| Natural | 33 |
| Smoking | 22 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 22 |
| Debris and open burning | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
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 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 8 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 8 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 September 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 5 September 2015 | Natural | 3.3 acres | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 4 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 4 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 20 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 30 September 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Centerville: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Riverhead Cement Block Company Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Roanoke Avenue Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Suffolk Cement Products Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Centerville in 1 storm report in 2009: 1 flood. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2009 | Flood | Centerville | - | A prolonged period of wet weather continued during the month of July causing significant crop damage, which lead to lost sales in the hundreds of thousands of dollars. The unofficial monthly rainfall total at the historical climate site in Bridgehampton, NY was 6.16 inches which is 3.07 inches above normal for the month. |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reeves Park | 1.1 miles | 28 | |
| Foxwood Village | 2.8 miles | 28 | |
| Baiting Hollow | 2.9 miles | 28 | |
| Woodcliff Park | 3.3 miles | 17 | |
| Glenwood Village | 3.3 miles | 28 | |
| Aquebogue | 3.8 miles | 28 | |
| Northville | 3.9 miles | 29 | |
| Sweyze | 3.9 miles | 28 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 946214. 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.











