Deer Park, New York
34 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Babylon town. It lies in ZIP code area 11729. The Survey maps it on the Greenlawn quadrangle.
Then and now
1901 to 1984The same ground, surveyed 83 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
15 surveys from 34 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.
- 1901 USGS Northport quadrangle1:62500
- 1903 USGS Northport quadrangle1:62500, 8 printings
- 1904 USGS Islip quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1942 USGS Islip quadrangle1:125000
- 1947 USGS Greenlawn quadrangle1:24000
- 1949 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Greenlawn quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000, 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 Greenlawn quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1969 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Greenlawn quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Long Island West quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
1,169 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1,169 fires within 5 miles of Deer Park between 2000 and 2020, burning about 624 acres in total. 114 started naturally. 266 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 | 635 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 266 |
| Natural | 114 |
| Smoking | 46 |
| Debris and open burning | 39 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 25 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 16 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 11 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 11 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 6 |
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 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.1 acres | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 9 September 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 9 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 9 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 9 September 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 9 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 8 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.9 acres | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 8 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Deer Park: 1 producer. All of them 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Express Way Aggregates, Nc. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
6 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Deer Park in 6 storm reports between 1998 and 2022: 3 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash 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 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Deer Park | $1,000 | Large branches down in Deer Park NY. |
| October 2017 | Flash Flood | Deer Park | - | Eight to ten cars were stuck in flood waters on Long Island Avenue between Carlls Path and Commack Road in Deer Park. Water was up to the top of the doors on cars. |
| July 2012 | Flash Flood | Deer Park | - | Three feet of water accumulated at the intersection of Long Island Ave. and Commack Rd. in Deer Park, which resulted in several people trapped in their vehicles to be rescued by the local fire department. In Brentwood, all lanes of the Sagtikos Pkwy. between the Long Island Expressway and Crooked Hill Rd. were closed by NY State Police due to flooding. |
| August 1999 | Flash Flood | Deer Park | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Deer Park | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Deer Park | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Half Hollow | 1.3 miles | 34 | |
| Wyandanch | 1.7 miles | 34 | |
| Wheatley Heights | 2.2 miles | 34 | |
| Bay Wood | 2.2 miles | 34 | |
| Dix Hills | 3.0 miles | 34 | |
| Pine Aire | 3.0 miles | 34 | |
| North Babylon | 3.1 miles | 33 | |
| West Babylon | 3.3 miles | 33 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 948210. 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.














