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Threemile Harbor, New York

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1983. It stands in East Hampton town. It lies in ZIP code area 11937. It lies near Dayton Island. The Survey maps it on the Gardiners Island West quadrangle.

Threemile Harbor within Suffolk County

Then and now

1903 to 1983

The same ground, surveyed 80 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Threemile Harbor, surveyed 1983
Topographic sheet of Threemile Harbor, surveyed 1903

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 25 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

142 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 142 fires within 5 miles of Threemile Harbor between 1992 and 2020, burning about 76 acres in total. 12 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/undetermined92
Equipment and vehicle use14
Natural12
Debris and open burning4
Arson/incendiarism4
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Smoking4
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Recreation and ceremony3
Misuse of fire by a minor2

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
5 September 2015Debris and open burning3.3 acresFire Department of New YorkNA
22 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
20 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
2 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
16 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
11 September 2017Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
1 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
9 August 2005Naturalunder 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 Threemile Harbor: 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
Bistrain Gravel Corporation MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Bistrian Gravel Corp Sand PitSand 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
The Creek Beach0.4 miles25
Kingstown1.0 miles25
Springs1.1 miles25
Maidstone Park1.4 miles25
Northwest Harbor2.2 miles25
Fireplace2.5 miles25
Gerard Park2.6 miles25
Eastside2.6 miles25

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 973509. 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.