South Manor, New York
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Brookhaven town. It lies in ZIP code area 11949. The Survey maps it on the Moriches quadrangle.
Then and now
1904 to 1984The same ground, surveyed 80 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
10 surveys from 18 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 Moriches quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Moriches quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1967 USGS Moriches quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1969 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Long Island East quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
776 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 776 fires within 5 miles of South Manor between 2000 and 2020, burning about 1,665 acres in total. 55 started naturally. 143 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 | 514 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 143 |
| Natural | 55 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 33 |
| Smoking | 15 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2014 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | TOOL FIRE |
| 8 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 8 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 September 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 7 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 6 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 6 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 6 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
5 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names South Manor in 5 storm reports between 2008 and 2023: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2019 | Tornado (EF0) | South Manor | $75,000 | A severe thunderstorm moving northeast over Mastic/Shirley and |then into Manorville in southeast Suffolk County produced an EF0 |tornado. The tornado first touched down on Dayton Street, about |400 yards south of the intersection of South Street and Dayton |Avenue in Manorville. It sheared large tree limbs and the tops off|of dozens of oak, maple and pine trees, as well as uprooting at |least a dozen shallow rooted large trees. Several electric poles |were downed by falling trees on this block, with collateral tree |damage noted to a few houses in the neighborhood. The tornado |continued northeast through the south end of neighboring Rosewood |Street and then across its intersecting cross street of South |Street. Several more trees were uprooted, large limbs broken, or |tree tops sheared on this leg of its path. Facing houses on the |north and south side of South Street had widespread tree damage |and uprooting. A shed was destroyed in this location as well, |with damage to residences in the form of sporadic blown off |shingles and siding, missing storm screens, and a couple of broken|windows. The tornado then continued northeast through a wooded |area, where more tree damage was noted, before crossing the Long |Island Expressway near Exit 69 while lifting. The path of tree |damage and debris ended on the service road on the north side of |the LIE near the intersection with Wading River Road. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | South Manor | $5,000 | Multiple trees down around town in Manorville NY. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | South Manor | $1,000 | A large tree was downed, blocking Dayton Road. |
| August 2008 | Hail | South Manor | - | Penny size hail was reported in Manorville. |
| August 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | South Manor | - | A wind gust of 60 mph was estimated by a National Weather Service Employee in Manorville. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manorville | 1.3 miles | 18 | |
| Greenwood Village | 2.0 miles | 18 | |
| Moriches | 3.3 miles | 18 | |
| Upton | 3.8 miles | 20 | |
| Mastic | 3.9 miles | 18 | |
| Center Moriches | 4.1 miles | 18 | |
| Shirley | 4.6 miles | 18 | |
| East Moriches | 4.6 miles | 18 |
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 Q122540475 | 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 970631. 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.









