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One of 338 National Register listings published here for Suffolk County · listed in 2023 · category: Site.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Van Scoy Burying Ground
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2023. 11 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1903.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 structure as contributing to the listing.
- Address. Northwest Rd., Northwest Harbor, 11937
- When was it listed? January 2023
- Category. site
- Also known as. Cemeteries of the Town of East Hampton MPS
- Town. East Hampton town
- National Register reference number. 100008577 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Fires near this property
117 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 117 fires within 5 miles of Van Scoy Burying Ground between 2000 and 2019, burning about 36 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 6 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 | 79 |
| Natural | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 20 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 2 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 16 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 1 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 5 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 5 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 5 August 2006 | 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 Van Scoy Burying Ground: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Digate Concrete Products | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Maps showing this location
11 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 Gardiners Island quadrangle1:62500
- 1904 USGS Gardiners Island quadrangle1:62500 - 6 printings
- 1921 USGS Gardiners Island quadrangle1:62500
- 1944 USGS Gardiners Island West quadrangle1:24000 - 2 printings
- 1947 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Gardiners Island West quadrangle1:24000 - 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000 - 3 printings
- 1965 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
- 1983 USGS New Haven 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| de Kooning, Elaine, House and Studio | 0.4 miles | 2022 | |
 | Cedar Island Lighthouse | 2.2 miles | 2003 |
| Sag Harbor Hills, Azurest, and Ninevah Beach Subdivisions Historic District | 3.2 miles | 2019 | |
 | Ambrose Parsons House | 3.6 miles | 1995 |
 | Jackson Pollock House and Studio | 3.7 miles | 1994 |
 | Sag Harbor Village District (Boundary Increase) | 3.8 miles | 1994 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 100008577 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.