Woodcliff Park, New York
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Riverhead town. It lies in ZIP code area 11933. It sits by Friars Head. The Survey maps it on the Wading River quadrangle.
Then and now
1904 to 1984The 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 sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 17 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.
- 1904 USGS Moriches quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Wading River quadrangle1:24000
- 1958 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1967 USGS Wading River quadrangle1:24000
- 1969 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Long Island East quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
247 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 247 fires within 5 miles of Woodcliff Park between 1993 and 2020, burning about 5,646 acres in total. 26 started naturally. 47 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 | 124 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 47 |
| Natural | 26 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 18 |
| Smoking | 16 |
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
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 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 8 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 September 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 5 September 2015 | Natural | 3.3 acres | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 4 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 4 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 20 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 26 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 26 September 2007 | 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
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Woodcliff Park: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Riverhead Cement Block Company Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Roanoke Avenue Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Suffolk Cement Products Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baiting Hollow | 0.9 miles | 28 | |
| Reeves Park | 2.2 miles | 28 | |
| Wildwood | 3.1 miles | 17 | |
| Centerville | 3.3 miles | 28 | |
| Foxwood Village | 3.4 miles | 28 | |
| Lakewood Park | 3.7 miles | 28 | |
| Sweyze | 3.8 miles | 28 | |
| Calverton | 4.2 miles | 28 |
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 Q122557758 | The 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 971624. 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.









