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Stony Brook, New York

33 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Brookhaven town. It lies in ZIP code area 11790. It stands on Stony Brook. The Survey maps it on the Saint James quadrangle.

Stony Brook within Suffolk County

Then and now

1902 to 1984

The same ground, surveyed 82 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Stony Brook, surveyed 1984
Topographic sheet of Stony Brook, surveyed 1902

On record in Stony Brook

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 7 records

Topographic sheets covering this place

16 surveys from 33 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

549 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 549 fires within 5 miles of Stony Brook between 2000 and 2020, burning about 213 acres in total. 49 started naturally. 46 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/undetermined410
Natural49
Arson/incendiarism46
Equipment and vehicle use14
Smoking10
Debris and open burning8
Power generation/transmission/distribution7
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Recreation and ceremony1

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 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
9 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
9 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.3 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
5 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2004Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 September 2005Missing 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

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Stony Brook: 3 past producers, 1 plant, 1 unknown, 1 producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Titanium, Metal, Titanium. 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
Lawrence Aviation Industries PlantTitaniumUnknown
Port Jefferson Station B PlantTitanium, MetalPlant
Smithtown PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Smithtown PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Suffolk Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Suffolk Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Suffolk County

Storms near this place

14 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Stony Brook in 14 storm reports between 2000 and 2024: 9 thunderstorm wind, 4 flash flood, 1 hail. The reports record 1 injury. 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
June 2000Thunderstorm WindStony Brook1 hurtno account filed
August 2024Flash FloodStony Brook$500,000Harbor Road collapsed due Mill Pond overflowing. Local fire department began precautionary evacuations of nearby homes.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindStony Brook$1,000Video of large tree down across Lotowana Lane in Stony Brook NY.
August 2015Thunderstorm WindStony Brook$1,000A tree was reported down on Stony Brook Road.
August 2015Thunderstorm WindStony Brook$1,000A downed tree brought down power lines over the track of the Port Jefferson Branch of the Long Island Railroad.
February 2016Thunderstorm WindStony Brook$500A trained spotter measured a gust of 67 mph and several large branches were reported down throughout the West Meadow Beach neighborhood of Stony Brook.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindStony Brook-Mesonet site EW5678 in Stony Brook NY measured a 52 knot wind gust.
December 2021Thunderstorm WindStony Brook-A thunderstorm / convective wind gust of 60 mph was measured at EW5678 Stony Brook station.
September 2018Flash FloodStony Brook-Flooding in two homes on Martingale Court in Stony Brook resulted in electrical issues.
September 2018Flash FloodStony Brook-A car was submerged in water with the driver inside the vehicle on Edmund D. Pellegrino Road in South Setauket.
September 2018Flash FloodStony Brook-The south entrance to Stony Brook University Hospital in Stony Brook was flooded and impassable.
August 2015Thunderstorm WindStony Brook-A wind gust of 95 mph was measured on the roof of Stony Brook University's Health Sciences Tower.
June 2009HailStony Brook-Nickel to quarter size hail was reported in Stony Brook.
July 2001Thunderstorm WindStony Brook-no account filed

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
Setauket1.4 miles32
Head of the Harbor1.8 miles33
South Setauket2.0 miles32
East Setauket2.2 miles32
Old Field2.4 miles33
Saint James3.3 miles33
Nissequogue3.4 miles33
Poquott3.5 miles32

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 966524. 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.

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.