Half Hollow, New York
34 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Huntington town. It lies in ZIP code area 11746. 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.


On record in Half Hollow
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
John Rogers Houselisted 1985 · 0.8 miles away
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
1,040 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1,040 fires within 5 miles of Half Hollow between 2000 and 2020, burning about 513 acres in total. 108 started naturally. 236 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 | 548 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 236 |
| Natural | 108 |
| Smoking | 47 |
| Debris and open burning | 38 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 25 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 14 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 5 |
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 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 |
| 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 Half Hollow: 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 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deer Park | 1.3 miles | 34 | |
| Wheatley Heights | 1.7 miles | 34 | |
| Wyandanch | 1.8 miles | 34 | |
| Dix Hills | 2.0 miles | 34 | |
| Bay Wood | 3.3 miles | 34 | |
| Pine Aire | 3.7 miles | 34 | |
| Melville | 4.0 miles | 32 | |
| West Babylon | 4.1 miles | 33 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q122541196 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 952021. 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.














