Built in 1864. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008. 12 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1903.
“The Jedediah Hawkins House is a historic house located at 400 South Jamesport Avenue in Jamesport, Suffolk County, New York.”
Wikipedia article Jedediah Hawkins House, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 338 National Register listings published here for Suffolk County · listed in 2008 · category: Building · built in 1864.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 280 fires within 5 miles of Jedediah Hawkins House between 2000 and 2020, burning about 127 acres in total. 15 started naturally. 30 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 | 194 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 30 |
| Natural | 15 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 12 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Smoking | 9 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 2014 | Smoking | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 8 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 30 September 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 3 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 28 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 26 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 26 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 26 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Jamesport, the town this property stands in, in 3 storm reports between 2008 and 2010: 3 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jamesport | $20,000 | Numerous trees were reported down from Jamesport to Mattituck, including a 30 foot wide swath of trees near the North Fork Preserve, sending a tree limb through a roof in Northville, and a 100 foot pine snapping in half. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jamesport | $7,500 | Multiple trees were reported down in the town of Jamestown. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jamesport | $1,000 | Wires were reported down on Manor Lane just west of Jamesport. |
United States Geological Survey topographic sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the coordinate the National Park Service records for this property, then testing that coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet.
Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Jamesport Meeting House | under 500 feet | 2009 |
| Daniel and Henry P. Tuthill Farm | 1.1 miles | 2015 | |
| Southold Milestone 7 | 1.6 miles | 2017 | |
 | Downs House and Farm | 1.9 miles | 2016 |
 | Hallock-Bilunas Farmstead | 2.0 miles | 2003 |
 | Hallock Homestead | 2.3 miles | 1984 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 08000514 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Suffolk County | All 338 listed properties in this county. |
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