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Morganville, New York

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Stafford town. It lies in ZIP code area 14143. The Survey maps it on the Byron quadrangle.

Morganville within Genesee County

Then and now

1897 to 1984

The same ground, surveyed 87 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Morganville, surveyed 1984
Topographic sheet of Morganville, surveyed 1897

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 20 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

108 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 108 fires within 5 miles of Morganville between 2001 and 2020, burning about 76 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 16 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/undetermined64
Arson/incendiarism16
Debris and open burning12
Natural8
Equipment and vehicle use6
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Smoking1

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
30 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
20 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
15 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 August 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
8 August 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 August 2005Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 August 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
25 August 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Genesee County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Morganville: 9 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Salt, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Gypsum-Anhydrite. 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
Allen's Creek DepositGypsum-AnhydritePast Producer
Stafford MineStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
C.H.Ivison No.1 WellSaltPast Producer
Lehigh Salt ShaftSaltPast Producer
Batavia PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Batavia PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Batavia PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Bethany PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Creek Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Lake Road Gravel ProductsSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Genesee County

Storms near this place

2 since 2020

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Morganville in 2 storm reports between 2020 and 2021: 2 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 WindMorganville$5,000Trees and some powerlines were downed onto Horseshoe Lake Road.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindMorganville$2,000Trees and powerlines were down onto Warner Road.

Every storm recorded in Genesee 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
Stafford1.4 miles19
South Byron3.2 miles20
Country Meadows3.6 miles18
Genesee West3.8 miles18
Roanoke4.2 miles19
Little Canada4.4 miles19
North Le Roxy5.0 miles20
Le Roy5.0 miles24

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 957671. 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.