Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008. 12 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1903.
“Big Duck Ranch, also known as the Maurer Duck Farm, is a ranch located in Flanders, in Suffolk County, on Long Island, in New York, United States.”
Wikipedia article Big Duck Ranch, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 338 National Register listings published here for Suffolk County · listed in 2008 · category: District.
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 441 fires within 5 miles of Big Duck Ranch between 2000 and 2020, burning about 199 acres in total. 30 started naturally. 66 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 | 278 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 66 |
| Natural | 30 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 21 |
| Smoking | 16 |
| Debris and open burning | 13 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 12 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
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 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 8 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 7 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 4 September 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 4 September 2005 | 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 |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Flanders, the town this property stands in, in 2 storm reports between 1995 and 2001: 2 hail. 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | James Benjamin Homestead | 0.4 miles | 1986 |
| Riverhead Main Street Historic District | 2.1 miles | 2012 | |
| Second and Ostrander Historic District | 2.2 miles | 2017 | |
 | Vail-Leavitt Music Hall | 2.2 miles | 1983 |
| US Post Office-Riverhead | 2.3 miles | 1989 | |
 | Suffolk County Historical Society Building | 2.6 miles | 1994 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 08000866 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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