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Sagaponack, New York

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Southampton town. It lies in ZIP code area 11962. The Survey maps it on the Sag Harbor quadrangle.

Sagaponack within Suffolk County

Then and now

1903 to 1984

The same ground, surveyed 81 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Sagaponack, surveyed 1984
Topographic sheet of Sagaponack, surveyed 1903

On record in Sagaponack

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.

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 23 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

56 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 56 fires within 5 miles of Sagaponack between 2000 and 2019, burning about 24 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 5 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/undetermined36
Equipment and vehicle use8
Arson/incendiarism5
Natural3
Debris and open burning2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2

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
2 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
2 September 2006Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
12 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 August 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
6 August 2016Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
6 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 August 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
12 August 2010Arson/incendiarismunder 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

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Sagaponack: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Digate Concrete ProductsSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Digate Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Suffolk County

Storms near this place

1 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sagaponack in 1 storm report in 2009: 1 lightning. 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
April 2009LightningSagaponack$800,000A home in Water Mill was destroyed by fire following a lightning strike to the home. There were no injuries or fatalities. It is estimated that 99 percent of the family's belongings were lost due to the fire.

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
Bridgehampton1.5 miles23
Mecox1.7 miles23
Wainscott2.0 miles25
Midhampton2.6 miles25
West Mecox Village2.7 miles23
Hayground2.9 miles23
Scuttlehole3.4 miles23
Georgica3.4 miles25

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 963225. 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.