Kismet, 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 11706. It lies near West Fire Island. The Survey maps it on the Bay Shore East quadrangle. It stands 3 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1902 to 1984The 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.


On record in Kismet
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 2 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Fire Island Light Stationlisted 1981 · 0.8 miles away- Fire Island Light Station Historic District (Boundary Increase)listed 2010 · 0.9 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
14 surveys from 30 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.
- 1902 USGS Fire Island quadrangle1:62500
- 1903 USGS Fire Island quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
- 1904 USGS Islip quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1942 USGS Islip quadrangle1:125000
- 1944 USGS Bay Shore East quadrangle1:24000
- 1949 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Bay Shore East quadrangle1:24000, 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 Bay Shore East quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1969 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Long Island West quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
11 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Kismet between 2005 and 2019, burning about 5 acres in total. None started naturally. None was 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 | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 24 August 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 19 August 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 6 June 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 8 May 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 5 May 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.4 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 23 May 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 15 April 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saltaire | 0.4 miles | 30 | |
| Fair Harbor | 1.1 miles | 30 | |
| Lonelyville | 1.6 miles | 30 | |
| Atlantique | 1.8 miles | 30 | |
| Robbins Rest | 2.2 miles | 30 | |
| Ocean Beach | 2.6 miles | 30 | |
| Seaview | 3.0 miles | 30 | |
| Fire Island | 3.2 miles | 30 |
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 Kismet | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6416800 | 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 954725. 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.













