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Montville, New York

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Moravia town. It lies in ZIP code area 13118. It stands on Decker Creek. The Survey maps it on the Moravia quadrangle.

Montville within Cayuga County

Then and now

1898 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 88 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Montville, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Montville, surveyed 1898

On record in Montville

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 5 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 25 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

38 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 38 fires within 5 miles of Montville between 2002 and 2020, burning about 34 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 6 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/undetermined18
Debris and open burning8
Arson/incendiarism6
Natural3
Smoking2
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
4 September 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
27 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
14 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
29 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
13 August 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 July 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
16 July 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
15 July 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cayuga County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Montville: 2 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: 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
Scipio-O'Toole PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Town of Locke PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Town of Locke PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Venice-O'Toole PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Cayuga County

Storms near this place

5 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Montville in 5 storm reports between 2010 and 2025: 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 flood. 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 2024Thunderstorm WindMontville$10,000Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down multiple trees. One tree fell on a house, another on a car. Unknown if there were injuries. There were also reports of poles down.
May 2025Flash FloodMontville$5,000State Highway 38A was impassible from high water at several points, including at Burdock Road, Sayles Corner Road, and Dresserville Road.
April 2017FloodMontville$4,000Water was reported over several town and village streets in, and near Moravia.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindMontville$2,000Numerous trees were blown down.
July 2024Flash FloodMontville-Water ran over roadways and downhill into a residence at the intersection of Dresserville Rd. and Dumplin Hill Rd. Water nearly surrounded the structure.

Every storm recorded in Cayuga 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
Moravia1.0 miles25
Wilson Corners1.5 miles25
Toll Gate Corners1.6 miles25
Morse Mill2.5 miles22
Owasco Hill3.4 miles25
Locke4.0 miles25
Dresserville4.1 miles22
Southeast Owasco4.2 miles28

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 957567. 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.