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Southport, New York

29 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 11946. It stands on Hubbard Creek. The Survey maps it on the Mattituck quadrangle.

Southport 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 Southport, surveyed 1984
Topographic sheet of Southport, surveyed 1903

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 29 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

199 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 199 fires within 5 miles of Southport between 2000 and 2020, burning about 117 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 21 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/undetermined146
Arson/incendiarism21
Recreation and ceremony7
Equipment and vehicle use6
Smoking5
Debris and open burning4
Natural4
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Fireworks1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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 2014Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 September 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
4 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
26 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
26 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
25 September 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Suffolk County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Southport: 1 producer. All of them still produce. 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
East Quogue PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working 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
Red Creek0.3 miles29
Squiretown1.5 miles29
South Jamesport2.5 miles29
Tiana2.5 miles27
Canoe Place2.7 miles29
Springville3.0 miles27
Newtown3.1 miles29
Hampton Bays3.2 miles27

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 965912. 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.