Fire Island

island in Suffolk County, New York, United States
Place island Q1418789
Fire Island
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Summary

Fire Island is an island[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of island entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,106 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Suffolk County[3]
  • Country: United States[4]
  • Located in or next to body of water: Atlantic Ocean[5]
  • Instance of: census-designated place in the United States[6], unincorporated community[7]
  • Commons category: Fire Island[8]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Fire Island, New York[9]
  • Population: 292[10], 777[11]
  • Official name: Fire Island[12]
  • Number of households: 94[13]
  • Native label: Fire Island[14]
  • Area: 99.117942 km²[15]
  • Water as percent of area: 75.8925 percent[16]
  • Territory overlaps: Fire Island urban area[17]
  • Per capita income: 40,760 US dollars[18]

Why It Matters

Fire Island has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] It is known by 16 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . 2010 U.S. Gazetteer Files. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . 2020 United States Census. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . 2016–2020 American Community Survey. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . 2010 U.S. Gazetteer Files. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . 2010 U.S. Gazetteer Files. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . 2023 U.S. Gazetteer Files. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . 2016–2020 American Community Survey. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Fire Island. Retrieved October 17, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/fire-island
MLA “Fire Island.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 17 Oct. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/fire-island.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_fire-island_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Fire Island}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/fire-island}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-17}}
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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 8d ago · RVA2869 · 2026-10-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone → —
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/58669|batch #58669]]: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
  2. 16d ago · Susmuffin · 2026-10-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Per capita income → {'unit': 'Q4917', 'amount': '+40760'}
    Located in → —
    Instance of → —
    Coordinate location → {'lat': 40.6475, 'lon': -73.14666667}
    + 17 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: fire-island, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289925476|fire island (#289925476)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] "
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