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One of 338 National Register listings published here for Suffolk County · listed in 2010 · category: Site.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Gravesite, Rev. Paul Cuffee
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2010. 12 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1903.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 5 objectss, 1 site, 1 structure as contributing to the listing.
- Address. N side of Montauk HWY opposite 216 Montauk HWY, Hampton Bays, 11946
- When was it listed? October 2010
- Category. site
- Also known as. Cemeteries of the Town of Southampton, 1640-1930
- Town. Southampton town
- National Register reference number. 10000852 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.
Fires near this property
161 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 161 fires within 5 miles of Gravesite, Rev. Paul Cuffee between 1992 and 2019, burning about 94 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 24 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 | 112 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 24 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2004 | 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 |
| 4 September 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 4 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 4 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 3 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 25 September 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 21 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Gravesite, Rev. Paul Cuffee: 1 producer. All of them 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Quogue Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this property
1 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hampton Bays, the town this property stands in, in 1 storm report in 2001: 1 tornado. 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 2001 | Tornado (F0) | Hampton Bays | - | As a severe thunderstorm moved southeast at 40 to 50 mph, it produced a quick hitting microburst followed by a weak F0 tornado. The first report of damage occurred around 1:30 am EDT on Channing Cross Road near Newton Road in Hampton Bays. Several large trees were blown over. There was evidence of a suction vortex spinning around a funnel. The highest wind speeds occurred with the microburst, which were estimated from 70 to 90 mph. |
Maps showing this location
12 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.
- 1903 USGS Riverhead quadrangle1:62500
- 1904 USGS Riverhead quadrangle1:62500 - 9 printings
- 1943 USGS Riverhead quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Mattituck quadrangle1:24000
- 1949 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Mattituck quadrangle1:24000 - 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Ellis Jr. Squires House | 1.2 miles | 2017 |
 | William Merritt Chase Homestead | 2.0 miles | 1983 |
 | Big Duck, The | 2.5 miles | 1997 |
 | Shinnecock Hills Golf Club | 3.8 miles | 2000 |
| Dr. Wesley Bowers House | 4.5 miles | 1986 | |
 | Beach Road Historic District | 5.1 miles | 1986 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 10000852 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.