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West Hampton Dunes, New York

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Southampton town. The Survey maps it on the Eastport quadrangle.

West Hampton Dunes 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 West Hampton Dunes, surveyed 1984
Topographic sheet of West Hampton Dunes, 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

161 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 161 fires within 5 miles of West Hampton Dunes between 2000 and 2020, burning about 73 acres in total. 15 started naturally. 26 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/undetermined101
Arson/incendiarism26
Natural15
Equipment and vehicle use6
Smoking5
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Recreation and ceremony2
Other causes1
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
30 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
30 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
25 September 2015Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
25 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
18 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
12 September 2016Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
12 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
11 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

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
Remsenburg2.2 miles27
Speonk3.1 miles27
East Moriches3.1 miles18
Eastport3.6 miles27
Bellview Beach3.8 miles18
Westhampton4.2 miles27
Center Moriches4.3 miles18
Quiogue5.5 miles27

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 979943. 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.