Miller Place, New York
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Brookhaven town. It lies in ZIP code area 11764. It lies near Pipe Stave Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Middle Island quadrangle. 11,723 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 131 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1904 to 1984The same ground, surveyed 80 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


On record in Miller Place
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
Samuel Hopkins Houselisted 2009
Miller Place Historic Districtlisted 1976
Population over time
2 figuresMiller Place fell from 12,339 to 11,723 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 12,339 | |
| 2020 | 11,723 | -616 (-5%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 19 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 Moriches quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1947 USGS Middle Island quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Middle Island quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1967 USGS Middle Island quadrangle1:24000
- 1969 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Long Island East quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
710 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 710 fires within 5 miles of Miller Place between 2000 and 2020, burning about 280 acres in total. 37 started naturally. 90 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 | 528 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 90 |
| Natural | 37 |
| Smoking | 24 |
| Debris and open burning | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 9 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 9 September 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 8 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 8 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 6 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Miller Place: 1 unknown, 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Titanium. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lawrence Aviation Industries Plant | Titanium | Unknown | ||
| Brookhaven Aggregates Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Brookhaven Pit and Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary |
Storms near this place
8 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Miller Place in 8 storm reports between 2008 and 2024: 5 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Miller Place | $5,000 | Tree down on a car on Falmouth Drive. |
| August 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Miller Place | $4,000 | Two large trees were reported down, blocking Wylde Road. |
| August 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Miller Place | $2,000 | A tree fell down on a fence in Miller Place. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Miller Place | $750 | A tree was reported down on Shinnecock Drive in Sound Beach. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Miller Place | $500 | A large tree limb was reported down on Falmouth Drive. |
| August 2008 | Hail | Miller Place | $500 | Up to 2 inches of hail was reported covering the ground, ranging from pea to golf ball in size. |
| August 2024 | Flash Flood | Miller Place | - | Fire department responding to home with basement flooding with several feet of water. |
| August 2024 | Flash Flood | Miller Place | - | Water rescue on Miller Place-Yaphank Road due to flooding. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sound Beach | 1.5 miles | 19 | |
| Mount Sinai | 2.0 miles | 32 | |
| Crystal Brook | 2.6 miles | 32 | |
| Port Jefferson Station | 3.6 miles | 32 | |
| Rocky Point | 3.8 miles | 19 | |
| Belle Terre | 3.8 miles | 32 | |
| Port Jefferson | 4.0 miles | 32 | |
| Poquott | 4.7 miles | 32 |
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 Miller Place | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3460277 | 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 957319. 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.










