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Stirling, New York

22 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 11944. The Survey maps it on the Greenport quadrangle.

Stirling within Suffolk County

Then and now

1904 to 1983

The 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.

Topographic sheet of Stirling, surveyed 1983
Topographic sheet of Stirling, surveyed 1904

On record in Stirling

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 4 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 22 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

86 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 86 fires within 5 miles of Stirling between 2000 and 2020, burning about 45 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 4 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/undetermined44
Natural13
Debris and open burning10
Equipment and vehicle use7
Smoking5
Arson/incendiarism4
Recreation and ceremony2
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
7 September 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
2 September 2010Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
2 September 2005Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
17 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
15 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
14 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
10 September 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
1 September 2011Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire 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
Greenport0.9 miles22
Greenport Homes1.1 miles22
East Marion1.7 miles22
Dering Harbor1.8 miles22
Arshamonaque2.1 miles22
Shelter Island Heights2.2 miles22
Shelter Island3.5 miles22
Orient3.8 miles22

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 966455. 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.