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Jacob Ockers House

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992. 14 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1902.

From the record

“Jacob Ockers House is a historic home located at Oakdale in Suffolk County, New York. It was built in 1880 and is a four- by two-bay, frame dwelling with single story wings extending from the east and north elevations.”

Wikipedia article Jacob Ockers House, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 338 National Register listings published here for Suffolk County · listed in 1992 · category: Building.

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 building as contributing to the listing.
  • Listed as. Ockers, Jacob, House - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
  • Address. 965 Montauk Hwy., Oakdale, 11769
  • When was it listed? July 1992
  • Category. building
  • Town. Islip town
  • Architectural style. Colonial Revival architecture
  • National Register reference number. 92000838 - 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

865 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 865 fires within 5 miles of Jacob Ockers House between 1992 and 2020, burning about 627 acres in total. 39 started naturally. 124 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/undetermined637
Arson/incendiarism124
Natural39
Equipment and vehicle use16
Smoking14
Misuse of fire by a minor13
Debris and open burning11
Recreation and ceremony8
Power generation/transmission/distribution3

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
9 September 2010Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWertheim National Wildlife RefugeNYWHR-FY20-WF-SAYVILLE 6
8 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWertheim National Wildlife RefugeNYWHR-FY20-WF-SAYVILLE 5
6 September 2009Missing 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 Jacob Ockers House: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. 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
Nassau Clay MineClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Nassau Clay MineClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Suffolk County

Storms near this property

3 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Oakdale, the town this property stands in, in 3 storm reports between 2007 and 2025: 2 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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
July 2025Flash FloodOakdale-Oakdale-Bohemia Roadd flooded. No cars can pass, cars stuck.
July 2008Flash FloodOakdale-Some roads were impassable in Oakdale due to flooding.
July 2007Thunderstorm WindOakdale-A severe thunderstorm produced high winds that downed numerous trees in Oakdale.

Every storm recorded in Suffolk County

Maps showing this location

14 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
St. Johns Episcopal Church and Cemetery0.4 miles1994
Davis Field1.5 miles2008
Southside Sportsmens Clubhouse1.6 miles1973
Priscilla (Long Island Sound Oyster Sloop)1.8 miles2006
Rudolph Oyster House1.8 miles2001
MODESTY (south-sider Sloop)1.8 miles2001

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 92000838 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.