BlockMorton, Missouri
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Crooked River Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64085. The Survey maps it on the Hardin quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 15 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1889 USGS Lexington quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1953 USGS Moberly quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Moberly quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Hardin quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Moberly quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Moberly quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Marshall quadrangle1:100000
In the county-history sources
197 words on this townshipHistory of Ray County, Mo., published 1881 names this settlement in its chapter on Crooked River Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
The southern portion of the township is bottom land; the north, central, and eastern portions gently undulating prairie, of deep Jand productive soil. Timber abounds on Crooked river, and the larger portion of what is now Crooked River township was, when first settled, covered with dense forest. Hardin and Morton are the villages in this township, and will be mentioned in connection with the history of the towns in Raycounty, to be found in this volume.
Passage source: History of Ray County, Mo., published 1881.
Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.
Fires near this place
5 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Morton between 2011 and 2014, burning about 273 acres in total. None started naturally. None was 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 | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 July 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 10 April 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | 120 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 30 March 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 140 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 30 October 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 24 January 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Morton: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Morton in 4 storm reports between 2008 and 2017: 2 hail, 2 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2017 | Hail | Morton | - | This report was received via social media. |
| March 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Morton | - | Multiple barns and outbuildings were destroyed due to strong straight line winds across Ray County. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Morton | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated up to 60 mph. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Morton | - | no account filed |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hardin | 3.6 miles | 15 | |
| Lakeview | 4.5 miles | 15 | |
| Rockingham | 4.9 miles | 15 | |
| Russellville | 6.2 miles | 15 | |
| Millville | 6.7 miles | 15 | |
| Richmond | 6.8 miles | 15 | |
| Henrietta | 7.1 miles | 17 | |
| Dockery | 7.4 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 730153. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
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.