Morgan Hill, New York
30 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1997. It stands in Hurley town. It lies in ZIP code area 12443. It stands on Morgan Hill. The Survey maps it on the Kingston West quadrangle.
Then and now
1901 to 1997The same ground, surveyed 96 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1901 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 30 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.
- 1901 USGS Rosendale quadrangle1:62500
- 1903 USGS Rosendale quadrangle1:62500, 11 printings
- 1942 USGS Kingston West quadrangle1:24000
- 1943 USGS Kingston West quadrangle1:31680
- 1950 USGS Scranton quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Scranton quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Scranton quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Scranton quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Kingston West quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1965 USGS Scranton quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Kingston West quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Monticello quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1997 USGS Kingston West quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
244 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 244 fires within 5 miles of Morgan Hill between 1992 and 2020, burning about 333 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 34 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 | 124 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 34 |
| Smoking | 29 |
| Debris and open burning | 19 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 12 |
| Natural | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 3 September 2015 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | NICHOLSON FIRE |
| 26 September 2018 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 26 September 2016 | Smoking | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 25 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 24 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.2 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 22 September 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 15 September 2010 | Smoking | 1.5 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Morgan Hill: 3 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stony Hollow Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Stony Hollow Quarry and Mill | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Marbletown Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Marbletown Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stony Hollow | 2.0 miles | 30 | |
| Lapla | 2.9 miles | 28 | |
| West Hurley | 2.9 miles | 30 | |
| Riverside Park | 3.3 miles | 30 | |
| Glenford | 3.3 miles | 29 | |
| Hurley | 3.4 miles | 30 | |
| Pacama | 3.5 miles | 28 | |
| Rolling Meadows | 3.8 miles | 30 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 957662. 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.












