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Photograph of Huntington Harbor Light
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Lloyd Harbor Lighthouse

Built in 1857. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989. 13 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1901.

From the record

“Huntington Harbor Light, formerly known as Lloyd Harbor Lighthouse, is a lighthouse in Huntington Bay on Long Island, New York.”

Wikipedia article Huntington Harbor Light, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 338 National Register listings published here for Suffolk County · listed in 1989 · category: Structure · built in 1857.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 structure as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. Entrance to Lloyd Harbor, Lloyd Harbor, 11743
  • When was it listed? May 1989
  • Category. structure
  • Town. Huntington town
  • When was it built? 1857
  • National Register reference number. 89000501 - 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

178 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 178 fires within 5 miles of Lloyd Harbor Lighthouse between 1992 and 2020, burning about 98 acres in total. 20 started naturally. 39 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/undetermined92
Arson/incendiarism39
Natural20
Debris and open burning7
Recreation and ceremony6
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Smoking4
Equipment and vehicle use4
Misuse of fire by a minor2

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
7 September 2007Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.3 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
5 September 2010Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
23 September 2019Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
21 September 2010Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
17 September 1992Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreLong Island National Wildlife Refuge ComplexTARGRKBCH
14 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Every fire recorded in Suffolk County

Mines and quarries near this property

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Lloyd Harbor Lighthouse: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
West Hills PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
West Hills Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Suffolk County

Storms near this property

3 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lloyd Harbor, the town this property stands in, in 3 storm reports between 1999 and 2021: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
September 2021Flash FloodLloyd Harbor$3,230,000Flash flooding resulted in an estimated $3,234,712 in damages across Suffolk County. This estimate is based on FEMA grant money awarded under the Individuals and Household Program (IHP), which includes funds for both housing assistance and other needs.
August 2016Thunderstorm WindLloyd Harbor$1,000A tree was reported down on Soundcrest Lane.
July 1999Thunderstorm WindLloyd Harbor-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Suffolk County

Maps showing this location

13 surveys

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.

Listed places nearby

6 within 8 miles

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 PropertyDistance Listed
Charles Geoghegan House0.8 miles1985
Bowes House0.8 miles1985
C. A. O'Donohue House0.9 miles1985
John Green House0.9 miles1985
Bay Crest Historic District1.0 miles1985
House at 200 Bay Avenue1.0 miles1985

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 89000501 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Suffolk CountyAll 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.