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Islip, New York

30 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 11751. It stands on Orowoc Creek. The Survey maps it on the Bay Shore East quadrangle. 18,418 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 16 feet above sea level.

Islip 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 Islip, surveyed 1984
Topographic sheet of Islip, surveyed 1902

On record in Islip

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 2 records

Population over time

2 figures

Islip fell from 18,689 to 18,418 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
201018,689
202018,418-271 (-1%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 30 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

959 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 959 fires within 5 miles of Islip between 1992 and 2020, burning about 767 acres in total. 54 started naturally. 285 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/undetermined540
Arson/incendiarism285
Natural54
Misuse of fire by a minor22
Smoking18
Debris and open burning18
Equipment and vehicle use12
Recreation and ceremony4
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Railroad operations and maintenance2

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 2018Arson/incendiarism3.1 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
9 September 2017Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
9 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.9 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
8 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2001Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder 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

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Islip: 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, 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
Bay Shore PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Nassau Clay MineClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Nassau Clay MineClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Suffolk County

Storms near this place

20 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Islip in 20 storm reports between 2000 and 2023: 11 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 3 flash flood, 1 lightning. 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
November 2021Tornado (EF0)East Islip$500,000Survey team confirmed an EF0 tornado in East Islip, NY, a narrow tornado of 50 yard width likely touched down at the southwestern end of Hollins Lane, and then continued northeast over Brushwood Court, Bayview Avenue, and Josephine Lane, and then finally over Kay Court, before lifting over the John F. Kennedy Elementary School sport fields. A few dozen large oak, maple, and pine trees were uprooted and laying in east or northeast direction. Several trees were also snapped at the trunk or had large branches sheared off along this path. In addition, minor roof and siding damage was observed for several houses, as well as leaf splater on south and east sides of several houses. This tornadic circulation was likely on the northwest side of a 400 yd. swath of 65 to 75 mph west to southwest straight line winds causing isolated large trees to be uprooted and several large limbs broken.||As mentioned, the tornado likely lifted over the John F. Kennedy Elementary School sport fields, becoming a funnel cloud. This funnel cloud may have briefly touched down as a weak tornado in the Frog Lane and Jade Street area of Oakdale, resulting in a very large, but partially rotted oak tree to topple onto and destroy a home. The funnel cloud was videotaped by the public, looking southwest from the Old Navy Department store on Johnson Avenue (just north of Sunrise Highway), but no further damage was noted with this storm.||Based on radar velocity signatures and damage orientation in relation to the general northeast motion of the parent storm, this was determined to be tornado damage, with degree of damage indicating EF0 damage.
November 2021Thunderstorm WindEast Islip$20,000Large branches, trees, and power lines reported down.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindIslip$15,000Multiple to numerous trees and wires down from around the Bay Shore Area east through Oakdale.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindEast Islip$4,000A large tree reported down on Wensley Lane.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindEast Islip$3,000Trees and power lines down on Campbell Lane.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindIslip$2,000Large tree branches reported down on Vail Street near Route 111.
June 2012Thunderstorm WindIslip$2,000Tree and wires were reported down on Union Boulevard in the Bay Shore and Islip areas.
April 2017Thunderstorm WindWest Islip$1,500Large tree limbs were reported down on wires in West Bayshore.
June 2012Thunderstorm WindWest Islip$1,500Trees were reported down on wires.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindIslip$1,000A tree down in front of Islip Town Hall on Nassau Avenue.
July 2023Flash FloodEast Islip-Road closure with major flooding on Sunrise Highway between West of Route 111 to and through Heckshire State Parkway with multiple reports of persons stranded in vehicles with several local fire departments performing water rescues. 5.23 inches of rain in 2 hours.
June 2009Flash FloodEast Islip-Heavy rain resulted in a flooded basement at 30 Naugatuck Lane in East Islip.
March 2007Flash FloodIslip-Multiple Roads closed due to flash flooding in Islip.
August 2005Thunderstorm WindWest Islip-Trees down.
May 2004HailEast Islip-A spotter reported quarter size hail.
May 2004HailEast Islip-As a cluster of severe thunderstorms moved northeast, trained spotters reported up to golfball size hail in Hauppague.
July 2012HailWest Islip-no account filed
July 2006HailWest Islip-no account filed
June 2003Thunderstorm WindWest Islip-no account filed
April 2000LightningWest Islip-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
Islip Terrace1.3 miles30
East Islip1.3 miles30
The Moorings1.4 miles30
Deer Run1.5 miles30
Bay Shore1.9 miles30
North Great River2.5 miles30
North Bay Shore2.8 miles33
Great River2.9 miles30

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 IslipAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3826325The 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 953841. 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.