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Islandia, New York

35 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Islip town. It lies in ZIP code area 11749. The Survey maps it on the Central Islip quadrangle. 3,567 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 66 feet above sea level.

Islandia within Suffolk County

Then and now

1902 to 1984

The same ground, surveyed 82 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Islandia, surveyed 1984
Topographic sheet of Islandia, surveyed 1902

Population over time

2 figures

Islandia grew from 3,335 to 3,567 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
20103,335
20203,567+232 (+7%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

16 surveys from 35 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

1,182 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1,182 fires within 5 miles of Islandia between 1992 and 2020, burning about 758 acres in total. 98 started naturally. 274 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/undetermined644
Arson/incendiarism274
Natural98
Smoking71
Equipment and vehicle use28
Misuse of fire by a minor27
Debris and open burning24
Power generation/transmission/distribution10
Recreation and ceremony5
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2010Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2001Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Suffolk County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Islandia: 4 past producers, 1 unknown, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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
Nassau Clay MineClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Nassau Clay MineClayPast Producer
Kings Park PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Smithtown PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Smithtown PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Split Rock MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working 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
Central Islip2.0 miles35
Hauppauge2.3 miles35
East Hauppauge2.3 miles35
Lakeland2.6 miles33
Lake Ronkonkoma2.9 miles35
Ronkonkoma3.1 miles33
Nesconset3.4 miles35
East Brentwood3.4 miles35

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 IslandiaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3452395The 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 979937. 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.