Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. 14 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1901.
“Joseph Whitman House is a historic home located at West Hills in Suffolk County, New York. It was built about 1692 and is a four-bay shingled residence with a two-bay south wing.”
Wikipedia article Joseph Whitman House, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 338 National Register listings published here for Suffolk County · listed in 1985 · category: Building.
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 353 fires within 5 miles of Joseph Whitman House between 2000 and 2020, burning about 186 acres in total. 37 started naturally. 62 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 | 202 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 62 |
| Natural | 37 |
| Smoking | 17 |
| Debris and open burning | 12 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 2013 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 7 September 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 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 2014 | Smoking | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 5 September 2010 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 4 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 30 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 3 September 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Joseph Whitman House: 2 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Thorium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atomergic Chemetals/Plainview, N.Y. | Thorium | Unknown | ||
| Controlled Castings/Plainview, N.Y. | Thorium | Unknown |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names West Hills, the town this property stands in, in 2 storm reports between 2017 and 2019: 2 flash flood. 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 2019 | Flash Flood | West Hills | - | West Hills Road was flooded by the intersection with Chichester Road in West Hills with cars stalled in the deep water. |
| August 2017 | Flash Flood | West Hills | - | A car was stuck in water at the intersection of West Hills Road and Chichester Road in West Hills. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Oakley House | 0.1 miles | 1985 | |
 | Chichester's Inn | 0.1 miles | 1985 |
| Whitman-Place House | 0.2 miles | 1985 | |
 | Walt Whitman House | 0.6 miles | 1985 |
| Halsey Estate-Tallwood | 0.6 miles | 1985 | |
 | Jacob Smith House | 0.9 miles | 1985 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 85002548 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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