Morgan Corners, New York

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1986. It stands in French Creek town. It lies in ZIP code area 14724. The Survey maps it on the Clymer quadrangle.

Morgan Corners within Chautauqua County

Then and now

1905 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 81 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Morgan Corners, surveyed 1986

Topographic sheet of Morgan Corners, surveyed 1905

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 19 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.

1905 USGS Clymer quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
1939 USGS Clymer quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
1941 USGS Clymer quadrangle1:62500
1954 USGS Clymer quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1960 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000
1962 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1967 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000
1973 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000
1986 USGS Jamestown quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

13 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Morgan Corners between 2002 and 2016, burning about 11 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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	8
Debris and open burning	2
Arson/incendiarism	2
Power generation/transmission/distribution	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
6 September 2002	Power generation/transmission/distribution	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
6 July 2007	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
22 July 2012	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
23 June 2016	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
9 May 2006	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
3 April 2010	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2.5 acres	Fire Department of New York	not named
25 April 2003	Debris and open burning	2.2 acres	Fire Department of New York	not named
24 April 2008	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Chautauqua County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Morgan Corners: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	O.R.Reed No.1 Well	Salt	Prospect

Every working recorded in Chautauqua 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Clymer Hill	2.4 miles	19
French Creek	2.5 miles	19
Clymer	2.7 miles	19
Cutting	2.8 miles	19
Jaquins	3.7 miles	19
Marvin	4.3 miles	19
Clymer Center	4.3 miles	19
North Clymer	4.8 miles	19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 957659. 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.