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Moreland, New York

29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Dix town. It lies in ZIP code area 14812. The Survey maps it on the Beaver Dams quadrangle.

Moreland within Schuyler County

Then and now

1898 to 1992

The same ground, surveyed 94 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Moreland, surveyed 1992
Topographic sheet of Moreland, surveyed 1898

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 29 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

96 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 96 fires within 5 miles of Moreland between 1995 and 2020, burning about 104 acres in total. 8 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/undetermined46
Debris and open burning23
Equipment and vehicle use8
Natural8
Arson/incendiarism6
Smoking2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Recreation and ceremony1

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 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
17 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
13 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 August 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 August 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 August 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
4 August 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
27 August 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Schuyler County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Moreland: 4 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Salt. 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
Federal Land Bank No.1 WellSaltPast Producer
Beavers Dam PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Beavers Dam PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Hoke PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Padua PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Town of Dix PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Schuyler County

Storms near this place

1 since 2021

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Moreland in 1 storm report in 2021: 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2021Thunderstorm WindMoreland$2,000Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down a tree and wires in front of an entry way of a residence.

Every storm recorded in Schuyler 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
Wedgewood2.6 miles29
Cherry Lane2.7 miles29
Beaver Dams3.0 miles29
Townsend3.8 miles29
Montour Falls4.3 miles31
Deckertown4.7 miles31
Watkins Glen5.3 miles30
Catharine6.5 miles31

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 957653. 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.