Nissequogue, New York
33 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Smithtown town. It lies in ZIP code area 11780. The Survey maps it on the Saint James quadrangle. 1,564 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 85 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 Nissequogue
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 8 records
Harbor Houselisted 1993
Land of Cloverlisted 1993
Rassapeaguelisted 1993- Beachbendlisted 1993
- By-the-Harborlisted 1993
- James W. and Anne Smith Phyfe Estatelisted 1993
- William J. Ryan Estatelisted 1993
- Woodcrestlisted 1993
Population over time
2 figuresNissequogue fell from 1,749 to 1,564 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 | 1,749 | |
| 2020 | 1,564 | -185 (-11%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
16 surveys from 33 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 Setauket quadrangle1:62500
- 1904 USGS Islip quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1904 USGS Setauket quadrangle1:62500, 7 printings
- 1919 USGS Setauket quadrangle1:62500
- 1942 USGS Islip quadrangle1:125000
- 1947 USGS St James quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Saint James quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Setauket quadrangle1:62500
- 1957 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1967 USGS Saint James quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1969 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Long Island West quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
438 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 438 fires within 5 miles of Nissequogue between 2000 and 2020, burning about 174 acres in total. 38 started naturally. 39 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 | 313 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 39 |
| Natural | 38 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 12 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 11 |
| Smoking | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 9 September 2002 | 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 |
| 7 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 6 September 2010 | Smoking | 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 |
| 5 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.3 acres | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
9 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Nissequogue: 5 past producers, 4 producers. 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indian Head Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| North East Mine, Inc. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| North East Mines Sand and Gravel | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Park Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| R Rchleider Contracting Corp. | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Schleider Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Schleider Pit and Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Smithtown Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Smithtown Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary |
Storms near this place
1 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Nissequogue 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nissequogue | $3,000 | Several trees were reported down on Frank Street. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Remo | 1.9 miles | 33 | |
| Head of the Harbor | 2.1 miles | 33 | |
| Saint James | 2.8 miles | 33 | |
| The Landing | 2.9 miles | 35 | |
| Smithtown | 3.3 miles | 35 | |
| Village of the Branch | 3.3 miles | 35 | |
| Stony Brook | 3.4 miles | 33 | |
| Kings Park | 3.4 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 Nissequogue | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1019266 | 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 958622. 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.















