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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.

South Manor within Suffolk County

Then and now

1904 to 1984

The 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 sheet of South Manor, surveyed 1984
Topographic sheet of South Manor, surveyed 1904

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 18 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

776 since 2000

Regional 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/undetermined514
Arson/incendiarism143
Natural55
Equipment and vehicle use33
Smoking15
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Recreation and ceremony5
Debris and open burning2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Other causes1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
8 September 2014Arson/incendiarismunder an acreNew York Forest RangersTOOL FIRE
8 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2015Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
7 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
6 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
6 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

Storms near this place

5 since 2008

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
September 2019Tornado (EF0)South Manor$75,000A 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 2023Thunderstorm WindSouth Manor$5,000Multiple trees down around town in Manorville NY.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindSouth Manor$1,000A large tree was downed, blocking Dayton Road.
August 2008HailSouth Manor-Penny size hail was reported in Manorville.
August 2008Thunderstorm WindSouth Manor-A wind gust of 60 mph was estimated by a National Weather Service Employee in Manorville.

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
Manorville1.3 miles18
Greenwood Village2.0 miles18
Moriches3.3 miles18
Upton3.8 miles20
Mastic3.9 miles18
Center Moriches4.1 miles18
Shirley4.6 miles18
East Moriches4.6 miles18

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 Q122540475The 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.