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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.

Morgan Hill within Ulster County

Then and now

1901 to 1997

The 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.

Topographic sheet of Morgan Hill, surveyed 1997
Topographic sheet of Morgan Hill, surveyed 1901

Compare 1901 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 30 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

244 since 1992

Regional 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/undetermined124
Arson/incendiarism34
Smoking29
Debris and open burning19
Recreation and ceremony12
Natural11
Equipment and vehicle use6
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Power generation/transmission/distribution4

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
7 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
3 September 2015Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreNew York Forest RangersNICHOLSON FIRE
26 September 2018Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
26 September 2016Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
25 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
24 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.2 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
22 September 2014Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
15 September 2010Smoking1.5 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Ulster County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Stony Hollow QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Stony Hollow Quarry and MillLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Marbletown PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Marbletown PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Ulster 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
Stony Hollow2.0 miles30
Lapla2.9 miles28
West Hurley2.9 miles30
Riverside Park3.3 miles30
Glenford3.3 miles29
Hurley3.4 miles30
Pacama3.5 miles28
Rolling Meadows3.8 miles30

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.