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Manorton, New York

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Livingston town. It lies in ZIP code area 12523. It stands on Doove Kill. The Survey maps it on the Clermont quadrangle.

Manorton within Columbia County

Then and now

1895 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 91 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Manorton, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Manorton, surveyed 1895

On record in Manorton

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 3 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 27 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

119 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 119 fires within 5 miles of Manorton between 1992 and 2020, burning about 141 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 15 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/undetermined51
Debris and open burning27
Arson/incendiarism15
Natural11
Equipment and vehicle use8
Smoking3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Recreation and ceremony2

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
25 September 2017Power generation/transmission/distribution5.0 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
17 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
14 September 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 August 2010Natural2.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 August 2005Equipment and vehicle use2.5 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
16 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
12 August 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
30 July 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.5 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Columbia County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Manorton: 4 producers, 3 past producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Sulfur, 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
Elizaville Gravel Co. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
F.H. Stickles & Son S & G PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
F.H. Stickles & Son S & G Pit & MilSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Burden No. 2 Carbonate Iron MineIron, SulfurProducerCalcite, Pyrite, Quartz, Siderite
Burden No. 2 Carbonate Iron MineIron, SulfurPast Producer
Burden No. 3 Iron Carbonate MineIron, SulfurProducerCalcite, Pyrite, Quartz, Siderite
Burden No. 3 Iron Carbonate MineIron, SulfurPast Producer

Every working recorded in Columbia County

Storms near this place

4 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Manorton in 4 storm reports between 2011 and 2020: 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2020Thunderstorm WindManorton-A tree and power lines were downed.
October 2013Thunderstorm WindManorton-Trees and wires were reported down on Buckwheat Road in Clermont as a result of thunderstorm winds.
August 2011HailManorton-Quarter size hail was reported during a thunderstorm approximately 2 miles east-southeast of Clermont.
May 2018HailManorton-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Columbia County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Blue Store1.5 miles27
Clermont1.6 miles27
Snyderville1.8 miles27
Bingham Mills2.1 miles27
Elizaville2.9 miles27
Nevis3.2 miles27
Livingston3.6 miles27
Viewmonte4.0 miles27

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q122553190The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 972753. 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.