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Suffolk Pines, New York

27 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 11978. It stands on Quantuck Creek. The Survey maps it on the Eastport quadrangle.

Suffolk Pines 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 Suffolk Pines, surveyed 1984
Topographic sheet of Suffolk Pines, surveyed 1903

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 27 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

131 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 131 fires within 5 miles of Suffolk Pines between 2000 and 2020, burning about 65 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 13 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/undetermined93
Arson/incendiarism13
Debris and open burning8
Natural6
Equipment and vehicle use5
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Smoking1
Fireworks1
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
4 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
25 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
20 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
17 September 2007Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 August 2015Fireworks1.0 acresNew York Forest RangersSPINNEY FIRE
7 August 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
6 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 August 2011Arson/incendiarismunder 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

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Suffolk Pines: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. 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
East Quogue Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

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
Quiogue0.3 miles27
Quogue1.0 miles27
Westhampton Beach1.6 miles27
Westhampton2.0 miles27
Hampton Beach2.2 miles27
Oakville2.6 miles27
East Quogue2.7 miles27
Speonk4.1 miles27

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 Q122569181The 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 2461077. 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.