Shore Acres, New York
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Southold town. It lies in ZIP code area 11952. It stands on Long Creek. The Survey maps it on the Mattituck Hills quadrangle.
Then and now
1904 to 1983The same ground, surveyed 79 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


On record in Shore Acres
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.
Richard Cox Houselisted 1986 · 0.5 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 21 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 Shelter Island quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
- 1947 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1947 USGS Mattituck Hills quadrangle1:24000
- 1948 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Mattituck Hills quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1965 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS New Haven quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
92 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 92 fires within 5 miles of Shore Acres between 2001 and 2020, burning about 31 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 11 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 | 60 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 11 |
| Natural | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| 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 2014 | Smoking | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 28 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 24 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 15 September 2015 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 13 September 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 11 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 August 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 20 August 2011 | Smoking | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Shore Acres in 3 storm reports between 2008 and 2015: 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shore Acres | $3,000 | Power lines were downed on Mattituck Road and Bayer Road. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shore Acres | $1,500 | Trees were reported down along Bailie Beach Road in Mattituck. |
| July 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shore Acres | $1,500 | A large tree was reported blocking a road in the Sound Cliffs area East of Mattituck Inlet. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Waterville | 1.0 miles | 21 | |
| Mattituck | 1.1 miles | 29 | |
| Laurel | 2.4 miles | 29 | |
| Cutchogue Station | 3.0 miles | 22 | |
| Cutchogue | 3.5 miles | 22 | |
| New Suffolk | 4.0 miles | 23 | |
| Jamesport | 4.0 miles | 29 | |
| Northville | 4.3 miles | 29 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 965155. 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.
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.








