Patchogue Highlands, New York
33 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Brookhaven town. It lies in ZIP code area 11772. The Survey maps it on the Patchogue quadrangle.
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.


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 Patchogue quadrangle1:24000
- 1949 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Patchogue quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 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 Patchogue quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1969 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Long Island West quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
1,749 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1,749 fires within 5 miles of Patchogue Highlands between 2000 and 2020, burning about 875 acres in total. 74 started naturally. 250 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 | 1285 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 250 |
| Natural | 74 |
| Smoking | 43 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 30 |
| Debris and open burning | 30 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 18 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 12 |
| Fireworks | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| 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 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 9 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 9 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 8 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wertheim National Wildlife Refuge | NYWHR-FY20-WF-SAYVILLE 6 |
| 8 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Patchogue | 1.0 miles | 33 | |
| Patchogue | 1.3 miles | 33 | |
| East Patchogue | 2.0 miles | 20 | |
| Holtsville | 2.5 miles | 33 | |
| Blue Point | 2.7 miles | 29 | |
| Medford | 2.8 miles | 33 | |
| Bayport | 3.3 miles | 29 | |
| Farmingville | 3.4 miles | 33 |
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 Q122542652 | 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 959981. 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.















