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One of 338 National Register listings published here for Suffolk County · listed in 2017 · category: Site.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Old Bethel Cemetery
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2017. 16 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1902.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 site as contributing to the listing.
- Address. Christian & Woodfield Aves., Stony Brook, 11790
- When was it listed? November 2017
- Category. site
- Town. Brookhaven town
- National Register reference number. 100001810 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Fires near this property
612 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 612 fires within 5 miles of Old Bethel Cemetery between 2000 and 2020, burning about 238 acres in total. 54 started naturally. 50 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 | 460 |
| Natural | 54 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 50 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 17 |
| Smoking | 10 |
| Debris and open burning | 9 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 9 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 9 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 9 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 5 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.3 acres | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 5 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 5 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 5 September 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Old Bethel Cemetery: 3 past producers, 1 plant, 1 unknown, 1 producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Titanium, Metal, Titanium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lawrence Aviation Industries Plant | Titanium | Unknown | ||
| Port Jefferson Station B Plant | Titanium, Metal | Plant | ||
| Smithtown Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Smithtown Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Suffolk Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Suffolk Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this property
14 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Stony Brook, the town this property stands in, in 14 storm reports between 2000 and 2024: 9 thunderstorm wind, 4 flash flood, 1 hail. The reports record 1 injury. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stony Brook | 1 hurt | no account filed |
| August 2024 | Flash Flood | Stony Brook | $500,000 | Harbor Road collapsed due Mill Pond overflowing. Local fire department began precautionary evacuations of nearby homes. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stony Brook | $1,000 | Video of large tree down across Lotowana Lane in Stony Brook NY. |
| August 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stony Brook | $1,000 | A tree was reported down on Stony Brook Road. |
| August 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stony Brook | $1,000 | A downed tree brought down power lines over the track of the Port Jefferson Branch of the Long Island Railroad. |
| February 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stony Brook | $500 | A trained spotter measured a gust of 67 mph and several large branches were reported down throughout the West Meadow Beach neighborhood of Stony Brook. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stony Brook | - | Mesonet site EW5678 in Stony Brook NY measured a 52 knot wind gust. |
| December 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stony Brook | - | A thunderstorm / convective wind gust of 60 mph was measured at EW5678 Stony Brook station. |
| September 2018 | Flash Flood | Stony Brook | - | Flooding in two homes on Martingale Court in Stony Brook resulted in electrical issues. |
| September 2018 | Flash Flood | Stony Brook | - | A car was submerged in water with the driver inside the vehicle on Edmund D. Pellegrino Road in South Setauket. |
| September 2018 | Flash Flood | Stony Brook | - | The south entrance to Stony Brook University Hospital in Stony Brook was flooded and impassable. |
| August 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stony Brook | - | A wind gust of 95 mph was measured on the roof of Stony Brook University's Health Sciences Tower. |
| June 2009 | Hail | Stony Brook | - | Nickel to quarter size hail was reported in Stony Brook. |
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stony Brook | - | no account filed |
Maps showing this location
16 surveysUnited 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.
- 1902 USGS Setauket quadrangle1:62500
- 1904 USGS Islip quadrangle1:125000 - 5 printings
- 1904 USGS Setauket quadrangle1:62500 - 7 printings
- 1919 USGS Setauket quadrangle1:62500
- 1942 USGS Islip quadrangle1:125000
- 1947 USGS St James quadrangle1:24000 - 2 printings
- 1949 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Saint James quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Setauket quadrangle1:62500
- 1957 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000 - 3 printings
- 1960 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
- 1967 USGS Saint James quadrangle1:24000 - 2 printings
- 1969 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Long Island West quadrangle1:100000 - 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Hawkins Homestead | 0.2 miles | 1988 |
 | Gamecock Cottage | 0.5 miles | 2007 |
 | West Meadow Beach Historic District | 0.7 miles | 2004 |
 | St. James Chapel | 0.9 miles | 2000 |
 | Stony Brook Grist Mill | 1.0 miles | 1990 |
| Mallows, The | 1.0 miles | 1993 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 100001810 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.