Editing Sea Girt, New Jersey (section)

==History==
[[File:Sea Girt Light - Sea Girt NJ.jpg|thumb|300px|The historic [[Sea Girt Light]]]]
Sea Girt was formed as a borough by an act of the [[New Jersey Legislature]] on March 29, 1917, from portions of [[Wall Township, New Jersey|Wall Township]], based on the results of a [[referendum]] held on May 1, 1917.<ref name=Story>Snyder, John P. [https://nj.gov/dep/njgs/enviroed/oldpubs/bulletin67.pdf ''The Story of New Jersey's Civil Boundaries: 1606-1968''], Bureau of Geology and Topography; Trenton, New Jersey; 1969. p. 185. Accessed May 30, 2024.</ref> The borough was named for the estate of [[Commodore (rank)|Comm.]] [[Robert F. Stockton]], who had purchased a property in the area in 1853.<ref>[https://www.seagirt-nj.gov/home/about/pages/history History], Borough of Sea Girt. Accessed February 5, 2025. "In 1853, Commodore Robert F. Stockton acquired the large tract of land and built a lavish summer estate in the area between Stockton Lake and Wreck Pond."</ref><ref>Hutchinson, Viola L. [http://mapmaker.rutgers.edu/356/nj_place_names_origin.pdf#page=29 ''The Origin of New Jersey Place Names''], New Jersey Public Library Commission, May 1945. Accessed October 1, 2015.</ref>

On April 1, 2023, a brief tornado that was part of a [[List of tornadoes in the tornado outbreak of March 31 – April 1, 2023|tornado outbreak]] measured EF2 on the [[Enhanced Fujita scale]] with winds estimated at {{convert|110|to|120|mph}}. It blew off the roof of the New Jersey Youth Challenge Academy, with debris strewn up to {{convert|250|yds}}. Power poles were also damaged and a tree was uprooted.<ref>[https://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/wx/afos/p.php?pil=PNSPHI&e=202304071602 "NWS Damage Surveys for April 1, 2023 Tornado Outbreak and Wind Event"], [[Iowa State University]]. Accessed April 25, 2023. "A tornado formed from an east southeast moving rotating supercell within a line of thunderstorms and made a brief touchdown on the National Guard Training Center Grounds in Sea Girt, NJ. The tornado likely developed over Stockton Lake and tracked east southeast over the New Jersey Youth Challenge Academy. The entire half dome, wood frame, shingled roof of the southwest facing academy building, about 25 yards wide and 50 yards long, was lifted and thrown eastward. The debris was lofted and strewn for about 250 yards to the east northeast in a tapering, semi-circled debris drag marks and layout pattern. In addition one tree was uprooted and laid in an east northeast direction. The tornado likely lifted as it tracked east across the parking lot and open grass fields. Based on the degree of damage and construction this was determined to be EF2 wind damage of 110- 120 mph, with debris and downed tree pattern indicative of a tornado."</ref>