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Kings Park, New York

32 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Smithtown town. It lies in ZIP code area 11754. The Survey maps it on the Northport quadrangle.

Kings Park 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 Kings Park, surveyed 1984
Topographic sheet of Kings Park, surveyed 1901

On record in Kings Park

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 1 record

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

564 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 564 fires within 5 miles of Kings Park between 2000 and 2020, burning about 254 acres in total. 31 started naturally. 68 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/undetermined386
Arson/incendiarism68
Natural31
Smoking25
Misuse of fire by a minor18
Power generation/transmission/distribution12
Debris and open burning12
Equipment and vehicle use9
Other causes2
Recreation and ceremony1

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 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 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
8 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
8 September 2010Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2010Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2003Missing 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

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Kings Park: 4 producers, 3 past producers, 1 unknown. 4 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Indian Head PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
North East Mine, Inc. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
North East Mines Sand and GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Park Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
R Rchleider Contracting Corp.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Schleider PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Schleider Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Split Rock MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Suffolk County

Storms near this place

5 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kings Park in 5 storm reports between 1997 and 2019: 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 hail. 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 WindKings Park$3,000Trees reported down on Stanwich Road.
August 2015Thunderstorm WindKings Park$1,000A tree was reported down, blocking Nowick Lane in the San Remo neighborhood of Kings Park.
December 2018Flash FloodKings Park-Primrose Lane in Smithtown was impassable due to flooding.
August 2016Flash FloodKings Park-Old Northport Road was closed due to flooding east of Indian Head Road in Commack.
May 1997HailKings Park-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
San Remo2.0 miles33
Middleville2.2 miles32
Fort Salonga2.9 miles32
Nissequogue3.4 miles33
Commack3.5 miles34
East Northport3.6 miles32
The Landing3.6 miles35
Smithtown3.7 miles35

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 954667. 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.