Moores Mill, New York
32 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1993. It stands in LaGrange town. It lies in ZIP code area 12569. It lies near Sunset Hill. The Survey maps it on the Verbank quadrangle.
Then and now
1893 to 1993The same ground, surveyed 100 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Topographic sheets covering this place
14 surveys from 32 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.
- 1893 USGS Clove quadrangle1:62500
- 1894 USGS Clove quadrangle1:62500
- 1898 USGS Clove quadrangle1:62500
- 1901 USGS Clove quadrangle1:62500, 11 printings
- 1946 USGS Verbank quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
- 1946 USGS Verbank quadrangle1:24000
- 1947 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Verbank quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1965 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Waterbury quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Waterbury quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
186 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 186 fires within 5 miles of Moores Mill between 1997 and 2020, burning about 184 acres in total. 27 started naturally. 19 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/undetermined | 91 |
| Natural | 27 |
| Debris and open burning | 23 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 19 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 28 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 19 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 17 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 28 August 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 27 August 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 18 August 2015 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 17 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 29 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 29 workings within 5 miles of Moores Mill: 23 past producers, 6 producers. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron, Stone, Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Probably Borrow Pit of Soft Rock Or Unconsolidated Material | Clay, Stone | Past Producer | Chert | |
| Granite Quarry | Granite | Past Producer | ||
| Granite Quarry | Granite | Past Producer | ||
| Probably Borrow Pit of Soft Rock Or Unconsolidated Material | Stone, Clay | Past Producer | Chert | |
| Probably Borrow Pit of Soft Rock Or Unconsolidated Material | Stone, Clay | Past Producer | Chert | |
| Borrow Pit | Stone, Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Borrow Pit | Stone, Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Borrow Pit | Stone, Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Clove Limonite Mine | Iron | Past Producer | Limonite | |
| Clove Mine | Iron | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Moores Mill in 3 storm reports between 2006 and 2024: 2 hail, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Moores Mill | - | Several trees were downed as well as damage to concession, camp buildings and fencing at Freedom Park and Freedom Lake. |
| June 2006 | Hail | Moores Mill | - | A trained spotter reported nickle-sized hail at Moores Mill. |
| June 2006 | Hail | Moores Mill | - | Newspaper personnel reported that nickel-sized hail occurred at Moors Mill. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Verbank Village | 2.0 miles | 32 | |
| Billings | 2.4 miles | 34 | |
| Hoxie Corner | 2.6 miles | 32 | |
| Verbank | 2.6 miles | 32 | |
| Freedom Plains | 3.5 miles | 34 | |
| Lagrangeville | 3.8 miles | 34 | |
| North Clove | 4.4 miles | 32 | |
| Clove | 4.5 miles | 32 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 957608. 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.













