Laughing Waters, New York
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Southold town. It lies in ZIP code area 11971. It stands on Richmond Creek. The Survey maps it on the Southold quadrangle.
Then and now
1904 to 1983The same ground, surveyed 79 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


On record in Laughing Waters
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 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
- High House & Studiolisted 2025 · 0.8 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 22 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.
- 1904 USGS Shelter Island quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
- 1947 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1947 USGS Southold quadrangle1:24000
- 1948 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Southold quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1965 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS New Haven quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
95 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 95 fires within 5 miles of Laughing Waters between 1995 and 2020, burning about 38 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 11 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/undetermined | 47 |
| Natural | 12 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2018 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 14 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 12 September 2016 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 8 August 2009 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 August 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 6 August 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 6 August 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 3 August 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Long Island National Wildlife Refuge Complex | MORT95-11 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Laughing Waters in 1 storm report in 2015: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Laughing Waters | $5,500 | There were two large trees reported down. The first was down on wires at the intersection of New York State Route 25 (Main Road) and South Harbor Road, the second at the intersection of South Harbor Road and Baywater Avenue. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bay View | 0.6 miles | 22 | |
| Bayview | 1.1 miles | 22 | |
| Cedar Beach | 1.7 miles | 22 | |
| Reydon Shores | 1.8 miles | 22 | |
| Nassau Farms | 1.8 miles | 22 | |
| Peconic | 2.0 miles | 22 | |
| Southold | 2.0 miles | 22 | |
| East Cutchogue | 2.3 miles | 22 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122568307 | 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 955077. 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.
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.








