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Pine Aire, New York

34 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Islip town. It lies in ZIP code area 11706. The Survey maps it on the Greenlawn quadrangle.

Pine Aire within Suffolk County

Then and now

1901 to 1984

The same ground, surveyed 83 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Pine Aire, surveyed 1984
Topographic sheet of Pine Aire, surveyed 1901

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 surveys from 34 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

1,488 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1,488 fires within 5 miles of Pine Aire between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,025 acres in total. 137 started naturally. 401 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/undetermined763
Arson/incendiarism401
Natural137
Smoking75
Debris and open burning32
Equipment and vehicle use30
Misuse of fire by a minor26
Power generation/transmission/distribution12
Recreation and ceremony9
Railroad operations and maintenance3

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 September 2018Arson/incendiarism3.1 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
9 September 2017Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
9 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
9 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 September 2007Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.9 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
8 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
8 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Suffolk County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Pine Aire: 3 past producers, 1 unknown, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Nassau Clay MineClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Nassau Clay MineClayPast Producer
Bay Shore PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Express Way Aggregates, Nc. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Split Rock MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Suffolk County

Storms near this place

5 since 2014

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pine Aire in 5 storm reports between 2014 and 2022: 2 flash flood, 2 thunderstorm wind, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2014Flash FloodPine Aire$35,200,000The Sagtikos Parkway southbound was closed at Exit S2, Crooked Hill Rd., in Brentwood due to flooding. Storm total rainfall amounts reported in Suffolk County ranged from 0.14 inches in Montauk to 13.27 inches at Islip/MacArthur Airport with a 24 hour rainfall record of 13.78 inches at MacArthur Airport which broke the New York State record. Damage amounts are validated costs of damage assessment inspections of municipal property, $11.7 million, and $23.5 million for small business administration loans as a result of the FEMA private property and business damage assessment. This information was provided by the Suffolk County Office of Emergency Management.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindPine Aire$3,000Several large tree branches snapped and powerlines down on Wicks Road entrance to Suffolk Community College.
July 2022HailPine Aire-Public report of 1 inch hail at Long Island Expressway and Commack Road in Brentwood NY.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindPine Aire-A thunderstorm wind gust of 61 mph was reported.
September 2015Flash FloodPine Aire-The Sagtikos Parkway was closed between G Street and Crooked Hill Road in Brentwood due to flash flooding with traffic stopped back to the Southern State Parkway.

Every storm recorded in Suffolk County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Brentwood1.6 miles35
Bay Wood1.7 miles34
North Bay Shore2.5 miles33
East Brentwood2.7 miles35
Deer Park3.0 miles34
Brightwaters3.4 miles33
Bay Shore3.5 miles30
Half Hollow3.7 miles34

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 Q122551572The 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 960413. 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.