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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.

Centerville within Suffolk County

Then and now

1903 to 1984

The 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 sheet of Centerville, surveyed 1984
Topographic sheet of Centerville, surveyed 1903

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 28 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

397 since 1993

Regional 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/undetermined229
Arson/incendiarism68
Natural33
Smoking22
Equipment and vehicle use22
Debris and open burning9
Recreation and ceremony8
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Power generation/transmission/distribution2

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
9 September 2015Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
8 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2001Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2015Natural3.3 acresFire Department of New YorkNA
4 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 September 1997Arson/incendiarism20 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
30 September 2018Arson/incendiarismunder 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 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Riverhead Cement Block Company PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Roanoke Avenue PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Suffolk Cement Products PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Suffolk County

Storms near this place

1 since 2009

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2009FloodCenterville-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.

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
Reeves Park1.1 miles28
Foxwood Village2.8 miles28
Baiting Hollow2.9 miles28
Woodcliff Park3.3 miles17
Glenwood Village3.3 miles28
Aquebogue3.8 miles28
Northville3.9 miles29
Sweyze3.9 miles28

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.