Gilgo Beach, New York
32 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 11702. It lies near Gilgo Island. The Survey maps it on the West Gilgo Beach 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 32 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 Babylon quadrangle1:62500
- 1903 USGS Babylon quadrangle1:62500, 8 printings
- 1904 USGS Islip quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1919 USGS Babylon quadrangle1:62500
- 1942 USGS Islip quadrangle1:125000
- 1947 USGS Jones Beach quadrangle1:24000
- 1949 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS West Gilgo Beach 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 West Gilgo Beach quadrangle1:24000
- 1969 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Long Island West quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
337 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 337 fires within 5 miles of Gilgo Beach between 2000 and 2020, burning about 139 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 18 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 | 271 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 18 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 13 |
| Smoking | 12 |
| Natural | 9 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 8 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 5 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 4 September 2016 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 4 September 2016 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 3 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 3 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 23 September 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gilgo Beach in 4 storm reports between 1999 and 2026: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | West Gilgo Beach | - | Mesonet site at West Gilgo measured a 63 mph wind gust. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | West Gilgo Beach | - | A wind gust of 65 mph was recorded. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | West Gilgo Beach | - | A gust of 58 mph was measured at the Gilgo Beach mesonet location. |
| September 1999 | Flash Flood | West Gilgo Beach | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Gilgo Beach | 1.2 miles | 32 | |
| Copiague Harbor | 3.1 miles | 33 | |
| Amity Harbor | 3.1 miles | 33 | |
| Amityville | 4.3 miles | 33 | |
| Copiague | 4.4 miles | 33 | |
| Lindenhurst | 4.9 miles | 33 | |
| North Amityville | 5.7 miles | 33 | |
| Oak Beach | 6.0 miles | 33 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 951106. 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.
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.














