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Huntington, New York

32 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 11743. The Survey maps it on the Huntington quadrangle. 19,645 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 75 feet above sea level.

Huntington within Suffolk County

Then and now

1901 to 1984

The 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 sheet of Huntington, surveyed 1984
Topographic sheet of Huntington, surveyed 1901

On record in Huntington

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 12 of 35 shown

Every listing in Suffolk County

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 32 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

298 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 298 fires within 5 miles of Huntington between 1992 and 2020, burning about 169 acres in total. 33 started naturally. 64 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/undetermined156
Arson/incendiarism64
Natural33
Smoking12
Debris and open burning10
Equipment and vehicle use9
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Recreation and ceremony6
Misuse of fire by a minor2

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
7 September 2013Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
7 September 2007Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.3 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
5 September 2014Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2010Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 September 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
24 September 2018Naturalunder 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

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Huntington: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. 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
West Hills PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
West Hills Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Suffolk County

Storms near this place

21 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Huntington in 21 storm reports between 1994 and 2019: 9 thunderstorm wind, 8 flash flood, 3 hail, 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
June 2019Thunderstorm WindHuntington$4,000Large tree down on Bogart Street between Evergreen Avenue and Depot Road.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindEast Huntington$3,000Trees and wires were reported down in Huntington Station.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindEast Huntington$1,000A 68 mph wind gust was measured. In addition, there was damage to roof siding and branches down.
October 2017Flash FloodSouth Huntington-A car was stuck in flood waters on Crandon Street in Melville.
August 2016Flash FloodEast Huntington-Route 110 was flooded in both directions with all lanes closed at the intersection of Railroad Street and Broadway in Huntington Station.
August 2016Flash FloodWest Huntington-West 11th Street was closed due to flooding from 6th Avenue to Railroad Street in Huntington Station.
October 2010Flash FloodEast Huntington-New York Avenue was closed at Creek Rd. and Nassau Rd. in Huntington due to flooding.
July 2007Flash FloodHuntington-Flash flooding occurred along portions of Route 110 in Huntington.
July 2005Flash FloodHuntington-Flash flooding of streets resulted in motorists having to be rescued from their cars.
June 2002Thunderstorm WindHuntington-A spotter reported an estimated 58 MPH wind gust near the intersection of Route 110 and Jericho Turnpike near Huntington at 6:30 pm. Police reported that strong winds knocked down several trees and power lines in Northport and Melville at 6:40 pm.
May 1994HailHuntington-A squall line developed in a very warm and unstable airmass during the late afternoon hours. Numerous reports of pea- and marble-size hail were received along with several observations of 3/4 inch hail. No damage was reported with any of this events.
June 2015HailHuntington-no account filed
July 2006Thunderstorm WindHuntington-no account filed
July 2001Thunderstorm WindHuntington-no account filed
August 2001FloodHuntington-no account filed
September 2000Flash FloodSouth Huntington-no account filed
December 2000Thunderstorm WindHuntington-no account filed
August 2000Flash FloodHuntington-no account filed
May 1998HailHuntington-no account filed
June 1997Thunderstorm WindHuntington-no account filed
June 1997Thunderstorm WindHuntington-no account filed

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
Huntington Station1.3 miles32
Fort Hill1.3 miles31
Halesite1.5 miles31
Cold Spring Harbor1.7 miles32
Huntington Bay2.3 miles31
Lefferts Mill2.4 miles31
Wincoma2.4 miles31
Centerport2.9 miles31

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.

Wikipedia article on HuntingtonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3776128The 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 953488. 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.