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.
Then and now
1902 to 1984The 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.


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
William Sydney Mount HouseNational Historic Landmark · listed 1966
Gamecock Cottagelisted 2007
Hawkins Homesteadlisted 1988
Nathaniel Longbotham Houselisted 1989
Stony Brook Grist Milllisted 1990
West Meadow Beach Historic Districtlisted 2004- Old Bethel Cemeterylisted 2017
Topographic sheets covering this place
16 surveys from 33 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.
- 1902 USGS Setauket quadrangle1:62500
- 1904 USGS Islip quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1904 USGS Setauket quadrangle1:62500, 7 printings
- 1919 USGS Setauket quadrangle1:62500
- 1942 USGS Islip quadrangle1:125000
- 1947 USGS St James quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Saint James quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Setauket quadrangle1:62500
- 1957 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1967 USGS Saint James quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1969 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Long Island West quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
549 since 2000Regional 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/undetermined | 410 |
| Natural | 49 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 46 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 14 |
| Smoking | 10 |
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 9 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 9 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 9 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 5 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.3 acres | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 5 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 5 September 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 4 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lawrence Aviation Industries Plant | Titanium | Unknown | ||
| Port Jefferson Station B Plant | Titanium, Metal | Plant | ||
| Smithtown Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Smithtown Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Suffolk Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Suffolk Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
14 since 2000Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stony Brook | 1 hurt | no account filed |
| August 2024 | Flash Flood | Stony Brook | $500,000 | Harbor Road collapsed due Mill Pond overflowing. Local fire department began precautionary evacuations of nearby homes. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stony Brook | $1,000 | Video of large tree down across Lotowana Lane in Stony Brook NY. |
| August 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stony Brook | $1,000 | A tree was reported down on Stony Brook Road. |
| August 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stony Brook | $1,000 | A downed tree brought down power lines over the track of the Port Jefferson Branch of the Long Island Railroad. |
| February 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stony Brook | $500 | A 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 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stony Brook | - | Mesonet site EW5678 in Stony Brook NY measured a 52 knot wind gust. |
| December 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stony Brook | - | A thunderstorm / convective wind gust of 60 mph was measured at EW5678 Stony Brook station. |
| September 2018 | Flash Flood | Stony Brook | - | Flooding in two homes on Martingale Court in Stony Brook resulted in electrical issues. |
| September 2018 | Flash Flood | Stony Brook | - | A car was submerged in water with the driver inside the vehicle on Edmund D. Pellegrino Road in South Setauket. |
| September 2018 | Flash Flood | Stony Brook | - | The south entrance to Stony Brook University Hospital in Stony Brook was flooded and impassable. |
| August 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stony Brook | - | A wind gust of 95 mph was measured on the roof of Stony Brook University's Health Sciences Tower. |
| June 2009 | Hail | Stony Brook | - | Nickel to quarter size hail was reported in Stony Brook. |
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stony Brook | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Setauket | 1.4 miles | 32 | |
| Head of the Harbor | 1.8 miles | 33 | |
| South Setauket | 2.0 miles | 32 | |
| East Setauket | 2.2 miles | 32 | |
| Old Field | 2.4 miles | 33 | |
| Saint James | 3.3 miles | 33 | |
| Nissequogue | 3.4 miles | 33 | |
| Poquott | 3.5 miles | 32 |
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.















