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One of 338 National Register listings published here for Suffolk County · listed in 2017 · category: District.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Second and Ostrander Historic District
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2017. 12 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1903.
The listing
- Address. Various, Riverhead, 11901
- When was it listed? August 2017
- Category. district
- Town. Riverhead town
- National Register reference number. 100001491 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Fires near this property
509 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 509 fires within 5 miles of Second and Ostrander Historic District between 1993 and 2020, burning about 5,666 acres in total. 36 started naturally. 83 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 | 309 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 83 |
| Natural | 36 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 26 |
| Smoking | 22 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 14 |
| Debris and open burning | 12 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| 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 2014 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | TOOL FIRE |
| 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 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 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 20 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Second and Ostrander Historic District: 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 |
Storms near this property
8 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Riverhead, the town this property stands in, in 8 storm reports between 2000 and 2020: 6 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning, 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Riverhead | $5,000 | Trees were reported down on Marcy, Sweezy and Hamilton Avenues. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Riverhead | $3,000 | There were multiple reports of trees and wires down throughout Riverhead. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Riverhead | $3,000 | A large tree was reported down on a house along Wilson Avenue. |
| November 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Riverhead | $1,000 | Tree down on Union Avenue. |
| June 2007 | Hail | Riverhead | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Lightning | Riverhead | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Riverhead | - | no account filed |
| June 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Riverhead | - | no account filed |
Maps showing this location
12 surveysUnited States Geological Survey topographic sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the middle of the area the National Park Service maps for this listing, then testing that coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet.
- 1903 USGS Riverhead quadrangle1:62500
- 1904 USGS Riverhead quadrangle1:62500 - 9 printings
- 1943 USGS Riverhead quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Riverhead quadrangle1:24000
- 1949 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Riverhead quadrangle1:24000 - 3 printings
- 1957 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000 - 3 printings
- 1960 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
- 1969 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Long Island East quadrangle1:100000 - 3 printings
Listed places nearby
6 within 8 milesOther 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Riverhead Main Street Historic District | 0.2 miles | 2012 | |
| US Post Office-Riverhead | 0.2 miles | 1989 | |
 | Vail-Leavitt Music Hall | 0.2 miles | 1983 |
 | Suffolk County Historical Society Building | 0.4 miles | 1994 |
 | Big Duck Ranch | 2.2 miles | 2008 |
 | James Benjamin Homestead | 2.5 miles | 1986 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 100001491 in Record Group 79. |
| Suffolk County | All 338 listed properties in this county. |
Provenance
- Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
- Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
- How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
- 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.
- Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.