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Terryville, New York

32 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 11776. The Survey maps it on the Port Jefferson quadrangle.

Terryville 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 Terryville, surveyed 1984
Topographic sheet of Terryville, surveyed 1902

Topographic sheets covering this place

16 surveys from 32 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

1,190 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1,190 fires within 5 miles of Terryville between 2000 and 2020, burning about 500 acres in total. 81 started naturally. 116 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/undetermined894
Arson/incendiarism116
Natural81
Smoking31
Debris and open burning27
Equipment and vehicle use23
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Recreation and ceremony4
Other causes2

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 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 September 2005Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
8 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2000Missing 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 Terryville: 2 past producers, 2 producers, 1 plant, 1 unknown. 3 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
Brookhaven Aggregates PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Brookhaven Pit and MillSand 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

4 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Terryville in 4 storm reports between 2000 and 2024: 2 flash flood, 1 lightning, 1 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. 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
July 2018LightningTerryville$750Lightning struck a fence and shattered it.
August 2024Flash FloodTerryville-Water rescue on Amber Lane at Shenandoah Boulevard.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindTerryville-A thunderstorm wind gust of 59 mph was reported.
July 2000Flash FloodTerryville-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
Port Jefferson Station1.5 miles32
South Setauket2.2 miles32
Port Jefferson2.6 miles32
Crystal Brook2.9 miles32
Poquott3.1 miles32
East Setauket3.1 miles32
Mount Sinai3.2 miles32
Selden3.3 miles33

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 967179. 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.