Moorhouse Corner, New York
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Austerlitz town. It lies in ZIP code area 12037. It stands on Indian Creek. The Survey maps it on the Chatham quadrangle.
Then and now
1903 to 1986The same ground, surveyed 83 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
10 surveys from 23 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.
- 1903 USGS Kinderhook quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
- 1933 USGS Kinderhook quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1948 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Kinderhook quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Chatham quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1956 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Pittsfield quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
121 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 121 fires within 5 miles of Moorhouse Corner between 1992 and 2020, burning about 165 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 11 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 | 50 |
| Debris and open burning | 32 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 11 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 23 September 2010 | Smoking | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 11 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 25 August 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 16 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 15 August 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 12 August 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 12 August 2006 | Debris and open burning | 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
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Moorhouse Corner: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Manganese, Manganese, Iron, Iron. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gott-Mesick Bog Mn Occurrence | Manganese, Iron | Producer | ||
| Gott-Mesick Bog Mn Occurrence | Manganese, Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Gott-Mesick Bog Mn Occurrence | Manganese | Past Producer | Residual |
Storms near this place
3 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Moorhouse Corner in 3 storm reports between 2015 and 2022: 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Moorhouse Corner | - | A utility pole and power lines were reported down on North Cross Road. |
| October 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Moorhouse Corner | - | A tree was downed onto wires. |
| May 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Moorhouse Corner | - | A tree was downed and blocking a lane of the Taconic State Parkway in the town of Austerlitz due to thunderstorm winds. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arnolds Mill | 1.4 miles | 23 | |
| Chatham | 1.6 miles | 23 | |
| Buckleyville | 1.8 miles | 23 | |
| Spencertown | 2.2 miles | 23 | |
| Ghent | 2.8 miles | 23 | |
| Red Rock | 3.3 miles | 23 | |
| Rock City | 3.8 miles | 21 | |
| New Concord | 3.9 miles | 21 |
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 Q122555980 | The 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 972813. 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.









